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Corcoles paid 25 pesos for every Carolinian or hostile Indian killed or captured
Source: The Governorship of Spanish Florida #122
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Refortification of Apalache Queen Anne’s War greatly reduced the territory under Spanish control in the Southeast. The English and their Indians destroyed the few remaining Franciscan mission outposts in Apalache and Guale, forced the Spanish to abandon Fort San Luis, and confined the Spanish inhabitants and their Indians to the surrounding Fort San Marcos at Saint Augustine. Almost all of the governor’s military activity centered in this area. Here Zuniga successfully withstood the English siege of 1702. Here his successor, Francisco de Corcoles y Martinez, organized a new cavalry company, erected new bulwarks at San Pablo (one of the four defense lines for Fort San Marcos), fortified the northern and southern entrances to Saint Augustine Harbor, established regular patrols of the Matanzas River, and placed six cannon in the Indian village of Nombre de Dios new Saint Augustine. He also paid his Indians 25 pesos for every Carolinian or hostile Indian killed or captured. [Note 55: Testimonio de Corcoles 12/20/1715] Although these accomplishments led to no fundamental change in the military or defensive position of the colony, they served their purpose: they prevented the colony from falling into the hands of the English. (Tepaske GSF)
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