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Governor Menendez Marques took revenge on Guale for the 1576 rebellion
Source: Early History of the Creek Indians and Their Neighbors #121
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[Fort San Felipe] was restored shortly under the name of Fort San Marcos, and in 1579 Governor Pedro Menendez Marques visited the place to pay the troops and incidentally to take revenge on the neighboring hostiles. He attacked a fortified town named Cocapoy, 20 leagues from Fort San Marcos, strongly placed in a swamp and occupied by Indians said never to have been willing to make peace with the Spaniards. The town was severely handled, a number of Indians, including a sister of the chief, his mother, a son, and the son's wife, were captured, and 40 Indians were burned in their houses. Menendez liberated most of his male captives and exchanged the women for some Frenchmen, who were largely blamed for the uprising, and most of whom were subsequently executed. (Swanton)
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