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Menendez established 200 men with the Ays Indians
Source: Historical proof of the right of the Catholic King to the territory held to-day by the British King under the name of New Georgia #558
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15. He then put out to sea. Running along the coast in a southerly direction, he arrived at the river Ays* [Arredondo note * In the Bahama Channel.] fifteen leagues further south, in 27° 30'. Having collected all the Indians of the district, who received him in a friendly manner, he established there a settlement and a presidio which he called Santa Lucia. Leaving Captain Juan Vélez de Medrano with two hundred men, he went on to Havana to attend to the necessary arrangements for the continuation of the undertaking. [Bolton note: The Ays garrison left by Menendez was placed fifteen leagues south of San Agustin. But soon after the Adelantado left for Havana the Indians revolted and drove the colony twenty leagues further south, where they founded a new settlement called Santa Lucia, only to desert it shortly afterward.
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