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Woodward evaded capture
Source: The Debatable Land #557
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Indians and Englishmen fled. Of all the chiefs Old Pentocolo, of the village of Apalachicola, alone dared risk his neck. Before he went in hiding Woodward penned a defiant note to Matheos declaring that next time he would be strong enough to stand his ground. "I am very sorry that I came with so small a following that I cannot await your arrival. Be informed that I came to get acquainted with the country, its mountains, the seacoast, and Apalache. I trust in God that I shall meet you gentlemen later when I have a larger following. September 2, 1685. Vale." Near the falls Matheos destroyed a half-finished stockade built by the Indians under the direction of the Englishmen. Leaving spies in the country, he then returned to San Luis, after nearly a month's futile chase.1 The first expedition of Matheos is set forth in Woodward's defiant note to Matheos, September 2, 1685
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