Before Castillo y Ahedo could get to Florida, Indians massacred two of the proprietors and one acting official when they landed on the island of Sapala en route between forts. Dona Mayor de Arango, widowed by the death of Treasurer Pedro Menendez the Younger, AN39 lamented to the crown that everything the royal officials had with them had been stolen by the Indians: their belongings, the account books and, by inference, the money they were taking to pay the soldiers. Others said that the Indians had not touched the king’s silver, which was on a different boat. Enough books and supporting materials were produced for Castillo to expand his visit into an audit. It was a frustrating experience; as he said, “In Florida I did not find, nor was there ever, an account which was clear.” [Note 20: Dona Mayor de Arango 12/1577; act on the Indian uprising, La Yaguana, Espanola 1/19/1577; Bartolome Martinez, Havana, 2/17/1577; Baltasar del Castillo y Ahedo, Havana, 12/28/1578] Dona Mayor left for Havana with 4,000 ducats, which the shipmaster buried for her in the floor of his room. Someone else brought her another 800 ducats. When the auditor realized how much was missing he returned to Havana and put dona Mayor under house arrest. With him, he hoped, was sufficient evidence to indict the whole Menendez clan, living and dead. In the last resort, he said, everything was chargeable to the adelantado. Pedro Menendez Marquez, busy in the Indies Fleet, had been only peripherally involved. The Council sent him to reconquer the Florida provinces from the Indians (who were apt to ally themselves with French corsairs) and told Castillo not to interfere with his finances. [Note 21: Baltasar del Castillo y Ahedo, Havana, 1/18/1577 and 2/12/1577, and 12/10/1577; Council re Indian uprising 3/20/1577; Pedro Menendez Marquez, Santa Elena 10/21/1577; cedula re Baltasar del Castillo y Ahedo 10/13/1578]