PEDRO MENENDEZ DEAVILES

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1 PEDRO MENENDEZ DEAVILES Edited with an Introduction by EugeneLyon Director Centerfor Historic Research: ; Flagler College GARLAND PUBUSHING, INC. NEW YORK & LONDON, 1995

2 CONTENTS Acknowledgments Sources Introduction xi xiii xvii PART I: The Man from Asturias Pedro Menendez de Aviles Eugene Lyon 3 Aspects of Pedro Menendez the Man Eugene Lyon 17 Services of Pedro Menendez deaviles translated by Eugene Lyon 31 The Application of Pedro Menendez for the Grade of Cavalier in the Religious-Military Order of Santiago translated by Eugene Lyon 41 Letter of Pedro Menendez de Aviles to Don Juan de Sarmiento, President of the Council of the Indies translated by Eugene Lyon 49 Pedro Menendez Creates an Entailed Estate and Names His Daughter Ana as Principal Heiress translated by Eugene Lyon 55 Order Granting Pedro Menendez a Royal Patent for His Device to Determine Longitude translated by Eugene Lyon 57 PART II: Preparation for the Florida Conquest: TheAsturian Family Complex and the Outfitting of the Expeditions The Enterprise of Florida Eugene Lyon 61 Pedro Menendez' Memorial to King Philip II about the Necessity to Settle Florida translated by Eugene Lyon, 73

3 Pedro Menendez' Contract for the Settlement and Pacification of Florida translated by Eugene Lyon 79 Report of the Governor of Jamaica on the Florida Frenchmen Captured in Jamaica translated by Eugene Lyon 87 Interrogation of the French Mutineers, Escaped from Florida, Who Were Captured by the Spaniards translated by Eugene Lyon 93 Pedro Menendez Marques Testifies about How the News about the French Establishment at Fort Caroline Reached Spain after the Royal Contract Was Signed translated by Eugene Lyon 95 The Spy's Report of Jean Ribault's 1565 Reinforcement for Florida translated by Eugene Lyon 97 Power of Attorney from Pedro Menendez to Pedro del Castillo translated by Eugene Lyon 101 The Supplies Pedro Menendez Took to Florida at His Own Expense translated by Eugene Lyon 105 Nobility, Family, and Service: Menendez and His Men John Frederick Schwaller 107 Undergirding the Expeditions Eugene Lyon 121 The Control Structure of Spanish Florida, 1580 Eugene Lyon 129 PART III: First Blood and First Foundation: Events of the Florida Conquest Solis de Meras's Description of Menendez' Landing in St. Augustine and the Attack on Fort Caroline translated by Jeannette Thurber Connor 141 Pedro Menendez' Strategy in Taking Fort Caroline translated by Eugene Lyon 161 Pedro Menendez' Letter to Philip II of October 15, 1565 translated by Eugene Lyon 163 The Captives of Florida Eugene Lyon 171 vi

4 Letter from the French Ambassador to King Charles IX of France Complaining of the Acts of Pedro Menendez de Aviles translated by Eugene Lyon 191 Relation of That Which the Adelantado Pedro Menendez Has Done in the Pacification of Florida translated by Eugene Lyon 193 Pedro Menendez' Supply Line for the Florida Settlements; Materials Sent from Cuba translated by Eugene Lyon 197 Memorial of Pedro Menendez' Ships Lost in the Florida Conquest translated by Eugene Lyon 211 The Loss of the San Pelayo translated by Eugene Lyon 215 Pope Pius V's Letter to Pedro Menendez translated by Eugene Lyon 217 Pedro Menendez' Reply to Pope Pius V translated by Eugene Lyon 219 PART IV: Spanish Florida Outreach A Spanish Discovery of North Carolina in 1566 Louis-Andre Vigneras 223 Pedro Menendez's Strategic Plan for the Florida Peninsula Eugene Lyon 241 The Florida Mutineers, Eugene Lyon. 255 Ordinances Which Pedro Menendez... Instituted in These Provinces of Florida translated by Eugene Lyon 273 Pedro Menendez Marques' Florida Voyages: From Newfoundland to the Gulf of Mexico translated by Eugene Lyon 277 Exploration of Juan Pardo translated by Eugene Lyon 279 The Route of Juan Pardo's Explorations in the Interior Southeast, Chester B. DePratter, Charles M. Hudson and Marvin T. Smith 283 vii

5 Royal Order of 1573 Granting Pedro Menendez a New Contract to Settle and Pacify Panuco translated by Eugene Lyon 317 PART V: Spanish-Native American Contact in Florida Pedro Menendez' Letter to a Jesuit Friend at Cadiz translated by Eugene Lyon 323 Florida Indian Customs translated by Eugene Lyon 327 Cultural Brokers in Sixteenth-Century Spanish Florida Eugene Lyon 329 Papers, Attestations, and Accounts of Captain Thomas Bernaldo... Presented to His Majesty's Royal Council of the Indies translated by Eugene Lyon 337 Pedro Menendez' Letter to Philip II of October 20, 1566 translated by Eugene Lyon 357 List of the Soldiers Who Came with the Said Adelantado before the Reinforcing Fleet [of Archiniega] translated by Eugene Lyon 363 Letter from Jesuit Father Pedro Martinez to Father Francesco Borgia, General of the Jesuit Order translated by Eugene Lyon 369 Letter from Pedro Menendez to Father Francesco Borgia, General of the Jesuit Order translated by Eugene Lyon 373 Letter from Jesuit Priest Juan Rogel about the Difficulties of the Florida Mission translated by Eugene Lyon 377 A Marriage of Expedience: The Calusa Indians and their Relations with Pedro Menendez de Aviles in Southwest Florida, Stephen Edward Reilly 383 Letter from the Licenciado Gonzalo de Esquivel to Cardinal Espinosa-about the Florida Mission of the Jesuit Order translated by Eugene Lyon 411 Juan Baptista de Segura and the Failure of the Florida Jesuit Mission, Frank Marotti, Jr. 413 viii

6 Danos of the Indians of Florida translated by Eugene Lyon Contents All PART VI: Settlement in Pedro Mene'ndez' Spanish Florida Spain's Sixteenth-Century North American Settlement Attempts: A Neglected Aspect Eugene Lyon 433 Pedro Menendez' Agreements with His Own Soldiers for Allotments of Land translated by Eugene Lyon 451 Pedro Menendez' Plan to Bring Settlers from the Azores to Florida translated by Eugene Lyon 453 List of Settlers from the Fort at Santa Elena in the Provinces of Florida translated by Eugene Lyon 455 Pedro Menendez' Plan for the Economic Development of the Florida Colony translated by Eugene Lyon 459 Meeting of the Royal Council Concerning the Florida Royal Subsidy translated by Eugene Lyon 467 Agreement Between Pedro Menendez de Aviles and Don Diego de Velasco for Service in Florida translated by Eugene Lyon 471 List of Pedro Menendez' Rich Household Goods, Shipped with His Household to Florida translated by Eugene Lyon \ 475 Dowry of Hernando de Miranda translated by Eugene Lyon 479 Santa Elena: A Brief History of the Colony, Eugene Lyon 481 Spanish Artifacts at Santa Elena Stanley South 509 Complaints of the Settlers at Santa Elena translated by Eugene Lyon 515 Gutierre de Miranda Describes His Losses in Lands and Livestock When Santa Elena Was Evacuated in 1587 translated by Eugene Lyon 519 ix

7 Royal Order to Pay the Claims for Lost Farms and Buildings of Former Settlers at Santa Elena translated by Eugene Lyon 523 PART VII: Death ofmendndez and its Aftermath Letter of Philip II to Pedro Menendez at Santander, Where Menendez was Preparing the Great Armada translated by Eugene Lyon 527 Pedro Menendez' Last Letter translated by Eugene Lyon 531 Last Will and Testament of Pedro Menendez de Aviles translated by Eugene Lyon 535 Codicil of Pedro Menendez translated by Eugene Lyon 541 History of the Last Illness of Pedro Menendez by the Licenciado Olalde, Physician translated by Eugene Lyon 545 Report of Property and Personal Effects of Pedro Menendez at the Time of his Death translated by Eugene Lyon 549 Questionnaire about the Actions of Hernando de Miranda at the Time When Santa Elena Was Abandoned in 1576 translated by Eugene Lyon 553 The Visita of 1576 and the Change of Government in Spanish Florida Eugene Lyon 565 Properties Left by Pedro Menendez in and around Aviles and Yllas translated by Eugene Lyon 577 The Settlement of the Lawsuit over the Conquest of Florida translated by Eugene Lyon 579 Bibliography 581