Since there were as yet neither products of the land to tax nor royal revenues to administer, the nominal officials of the king’s coffer continued about their business elsewhere: Las Alas governing the settlement of Santa Elena (on present-day Parris Island), Miranda making voyages of exploration, and Menendez Marquez governing for his uncle in Cuba. With most of the rest of the clan they also served in the new Indies Fleet (Armada Real de la Guardia de las Costas e Isles y Carrera de las Indias) that Pedro Menendez built in 1568, brought to the Caribbean, and commanded until 1573. From 1570 to 1574 the fiscal officers of that armada were the acting treasury officials for Florida, loosely supervising the substitutes who kept the supply records and muster lists for the various garrisons. They would not consent to live there. Meanwhile, the king issued Miranda and Menendez Marquez their long-awaited titles. Las Alas, under investigation for withdrawing most of the garrison at Santa Elena and taking it to Spain, was passed over in favor of a young nephew of the adelantado’s called variously Pedro Menendez the Younger and the Cross-Eyed or One-Eyed (El Puerto). Of the three royal appointees Pedro was the only one to take up residence. The others continued to name substitutes. (Bushnell KC)