On the morning of the 26th, Montiano called for the ensign of cavalry, Don Alonzo Joseph.* He sent Joseph out to scout the country and collect all the cattle he could find and bring the back to St. Augustine.* They would ferry the cows over to Anastasia Island for safe-keeping.* After Joseph left, Montiano summoned four of his Indians.* He told them to scour the country for English people.* Montiano offered a twenty-five dollar reward for English or hostile Indian prisoner.* Then Montiano called for his sub-lieutenant Don Manuel Garcia.* He instructed Garcia to take his men in four small boats and cut stakes.* They needed stakes for several different purposes, both royal and for defenses.* That afternoon, Don Alonzo Joseph returned with 93 cows.*