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Menendez sent Juan Pardo to conquer FL to Mexico
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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[Bolton note: Under orders from Menendez, Juan Pardo, in November, 1566, with twenty-five soldiers set out "to explore and conquer the interior country from there to Mexico." He crossed South Carolina to Cuiitachiqui, continued thence northwest to the mountains, built Fort Juan at Juada (Xualla, Coava), left Boyano in charge, turned east to the Guatari (Wateree) and returned to Santa Elena. Boyano waged war on the Indians of Chisca in northern Georgia. Then he explored southwest over De Soto's old trail to Chiaha, apparently on the western border of Georgia. Going by Juada, Pardo joined Boyano at Chiaha. One of his men went on the Coosa and returned with a report. Leaving garrisons at Chiaha, Cauchi (Chattahoochee), Juada, and Guatari, Pardo returned to Santa Elena. Within a short time all these interior garrisons were destroyed by the Indians (Lowery, Florida, 275-298; Ruidlaz, La Florida, II, 465-486).
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