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Menendez established San Felipe at Guale

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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16. Returning afterwards to San Agustin and San Mateo [3/20/1566], he [Menendez] took aboard more soldiers and went on to the provinces of Guale and Orista, where he was peaceably received by the Indians. Being persuaded by the Adelantado, they venerated the Holy Cross and accepted the Catholic faith. In imitation of them, the other tribes in the neighborhood did the same. Fifty leagues north of San Agustin the Adelantado took possession of Orista at the port of Santa Elena, in 32° 30'. On petition and prayer of the Indians, he ordered a presidio constructed which he called San Felipe,* [Arredondo note * Formerly Carolina, so-called by Ribaut and self-destroyed.] leaving Estevan de las Alas as governor of it and of the province, with one hundred and ten men, and with religious to teach the Christian doctrine. 19.
 [Bolton note: As interpreter and guide he took with him Rutin, the Frenchman whom Rojas had picked up at Port Royal. 
 [Bolton note: On his way to Santa Elena, Menendez spent four days at Guale (St. Catherines Island) eighteen or twenty leagues south of Santa Elena (Port Royal). 
 [Bolton note: Fort San Felipe was established on a small island, apparently Parris Island, near the site of the French Fort Caroline. The Spanish fort (San Felipe), with the aid of the natives, was completed in fifteen days, mounted with six pieces of artillery, and manned by 106 soldiers under Las Alas (Lowery, Florida, 244-248).