Soon after the resettlement of Apalache the Talapuses and Uchizes broke their loose alliance with the Spaniards and threatened war on the Spanish Yamasees newly settled near Fort San Marcos de Apalache. This led some Floridians to advocate a harsher, firmer policy toward the Indians. Diego Pena, for example, believed that the Indians could be persuaded to remain loyal by force as well as by gifts and professions of lasting friendship. He recommended vigorous military action against both the Talapuses and Uchizes as an example to other Lower Creek tribes; but, he pointed out pessimistically, the governor could not move against the two tribes without cavalrymen, arms, powder, and supplies for a sustained campaign. [Note 36: gov to viceroy 8/18/1723] In the end it appeared that the governor would fail no matter what policy he pursued. Money was the key to either a moderate or an aggressive course, and he had little in his coffers in Saint Augustine to insure the success of either policy. (Tepaske GSF)