English officials in Carolina were greatly alarmed over the Yamasee exodus into Florida. The Yamasee War had turned into a life-and-death struggle for the Carolinians, and that the Indians could now go to the governor in Saint Augustine to obtain war supplies for use against settlements in Carolina was a grim prospect. Then, when the Indians began stealing English cattle and trading them for Spanish muskets, powder, and shot, the Carolinians protested violently to the governor in Saint Augustine. The war had ended in 1713, they stated; now the Spaniards seemed eager to renew hostilities. [Note 17: Autos sobre la venida del emperador de Caveta y traduccion de una carta que quitaron a los Ingleses que deja vuelta de foxas, 12/15/1717] In Saint Augustine interim governor Juan de Ayala Escobar saw a certain irony in the English protest. The war supplies he furnished to the Yamasees had been purchased from Charleston merchants in the first place. [Note 18: Interim gov to king 11/22/1717] (Tepaske GSF)