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Menendez's garrisons were eventually wiped out by the Indians
Source: Situado and Sabana #82
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...One after another, each of Menendez's small garrisons faced the consequences of its raids on local food supplies. The natives in the interior closed down Pardo's forts, killing or driving off the defenders and with them, no doubt, Chaplain Montero. On the east coast, the Ais assaulted the fort at Ponce de Leon inlet south of St. Augustine. The Potanos of central Florida wiped out a troop of 30 Spaniards. The Saturibas and the Tacatacurus, another eastern Timucuan tribe, enlisted the aid of French corsair Dominique de Gourgues to capture Fort San Mateo (the rebuilt Fort Caroline) and two outlying blockhouses. On the west coast, the Tocobagas slaughtered the garrison at Tampa Bay. In southern Florida, the Calusas drove their unwelcome guests from Charlotte Harbor; the Tequestas did the same at Biscayne Bay. The Indians whom Menendez had promised to bring to obedience and use as allies in the struggle against the French had instead become his enemies. (Bushnell SS)
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