A royal officer, Juan de Pueyo, writing November 10, 1707, says that the province of Florida was then being rapidly depopulated by the English and infidel Indians, who were extending their depredations southward of St. Augustine. He states that 32 settlements of Indians had been destroyed, a number almost as great as that of the missions.4 It is possible that some Timucua had revolted along with the Guale Indians and the Yamasee, but probably not many did so. (Swanton)