Official Letters from Don Manuel de Montiano, Governor of East Florida, to Don Juan Francisco de Guemes Y Horcasitas, Captain-General of the Island of Cuba, 1737 Sept. 30 to 1741 Jan. 2

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This document is a collection of letters written between 1737 and 1741 by Manuel de Montiano, Governor of East Florida, to Juan Francisco Guemes y Horcasitas, Captain-General of Cuba, translated in 1846 from a copy held in the city archives of St. Augustine, Florida. Montiano informs Guemes about conflicts between the Spanish, English, and local Indians such as the Uchees (also Yuchis). He relays information gathered by spies (some of which are Indian spies) about British activity, and he describes the construction and defense of forts, conflict over the control of area waterways, and skirmishes between local groups. Among others, Montiano mentions James E. Oglethorpe, an Indian associate named Juan Ignacio, local caciques (chiefs), African slaves, runaways, and freemen, Chalaque Indians (Cherokees), Uchees and other Indian groups. He often paints a bleak picture of Spanish dominion in the area and frequently begs Guemes for food, supplies, munitions and reinforcements. An index, by letter and page number, appears at the end of the docume.