In retaliation the English encouraged their Indians to make incursions on Florida territory. In the summer of 1757 Indians from Georgia raged through the Saint Augustine area and killed four Spaniards. Immediately Fernandez requested Governor Henry Ellis of Georgia to give reasons for the unprovoked attack. The Georgian replied that the Indians wanted Spanish scalps to atone for indignities suffered by their wives and daughters at the hands of libidinous Spanish soldiers. Still, Ellis seemed eager to prevent recurrence of Indian border raids and promised to restrain Indians in his control from invading Florida territory. Governor Fernandez was not satisfied with this response and imperiously demanded to know why the governor of Georgia persisted in furnishing muskets to the Indians if he really meant to keep peace between the two colonies. Providing the natives with arms was an open invitation to trouble. For his part Ellis discreetly ignored the query and in November, 1757, promised once again to keep his Indians out of Spanish territory. (Tepaske GSF)