Governor Montiano could not cope with the English Indian policy. By January, 1739, only nine Indian villages acknowledged allegiance to the Spaniards, and Montiano claimed he could rely on only 354 Indian allies, including women and children. Located near Saint Augustine, their villages were Nombre de Dios (Macaris), San Antonio de la Costa, Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de Tolomato, Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion de Palica, Nuestra Senora del Concepcion de Pocotalaca, Nuestra Senora del Rosario de la Punta, Santo Domingo de Chiquito, and San Nicholas de Casapules. Tamasle was the lone Spanish villages in Apalache. [Note 61: Estado que manifesto el numero de pueblos de Indios que hay en las provincias de San Agustin de la Florida: cathequizados, y a la obediencia del Rey Nuestro Senor, con los nombres, y numero de personas quie componen: este ano del 1738, 12/31/1738] This meant that more than 600 Indians had deserted the Spaniards since 1726, tempted by rum, fancy hats, muskets, bolts of bright-colored cloth, and gold-braided uniforms offered them by the English. (Tepaske GSF)