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show the similarity of the Indians? display of grandiosity and power and the Spaniards at regaling a
show the similarity of the Indians? display of grandiosity and power and the Spaniards at regaling and the Indian counterpart.
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Gov. Canzo rebuilt SA
Date Created: 2023-10-12 20:56:17
Source: The King?s Coffer (ID 83)
Author: Bushnell, Amy (ID 32)
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Disregarding Pedro Menendez’s idea to move the settlement to the site of an Indian village west of the San Sebastian inlet, Governor Mendez de Canzo rebuilt it a little to the south, where the landing was better protected and a curving inlet provided a natural moat. He laid a bridge across the nearby swamp, sold lots, and bought up lumber. In spite of the treasury officials’ disapproval he began paying daily wages to repartimiento workers and put the soldiers to work clearing land. To finance his real development he exacted contributions from those with houses still standing, approved harbor taxes, cut down on bonuses and expense allowances, and diverted the funds sent for castillo construction. The king helped with four years of tithes, 276 ducats from salvage, and 500 ducats besides. [Note 67: Gov. Mendez de Canzo to Gov. Ybarra 1603; Pedro Redondo Villegas 4/18/1600; Bartolome de Arguelles 10/31/1598] Following Philip II’s 1573 ordinances for town planning, Mendez de Canzo laid out the plaza in back of the landing: 250 by 450 feet, large enough for a cavalry parade ground. AN75 Around the plaza he constructed a new guardhouse, a royal warehouse doubling as a treasury, and a governor’s mansion. He also built a gristmill and an arsenal and started a counting house onto which a customs house could be added. [Note 68: Bartolome de Arguelles, Juan Menendez Marquez, and Pedro Lopez de San Julian 1/23/1602; cedula to Gov.-elect Ybarra 2/10/1603; Cristobal Gonzalez and Anton Martin (seen in Junta de Guerra 1608); Gov. Ybarra 1/8/1604] The royal officials might have the right to live in government houses, but they did not intend to move into quarters that were inadequate. (Bushnell KC)