Minutes of a Bull or Bill of Supplication to be presented to the Holy
See asking for concession of graces and powers for Catholic residents in
Florida--Minorcan families brought priest and monk with them--Wish new
privileges and graces granted--In regard to a Cedula from his Majesty,
which instructs as to duties on wine--Priests and Monks of Tasco use
Municipal monies for their own interests--Advises a change in the office
of Treasurer of the Royal Chest--Vessels carry important papers for his
Majesty lost--Favors shown to Don Francisco gratifies the people--Letter
from Pedro Ibarra to his Majesty says there is not sufficient support
for the Garrison--Solicits aid for a poor widow--Soldiers find amber in
a fish, for which Menendez exacts a duty--French and English pirates
cause much anxiety--A few captured, some imprisoned and ten
hanged--Visiting Indian chiefs so impressed with the religious services
and processions that they ask for friars to instruct their people--Asks
for assistance in building a fort at the mouth of Miguel Moro--Endeavors
to find the source of river San Mateo and Lake Miami--A garrison of
warlike people--Proposition to establish a Manager of the Inquisition to
subjugate and control them--Does not wish to let certain priest and
captain--Report of Juan Menendez Marquez--Deplores the decision to
reduce the garrison--Advises a return to the policy of Pedro Menendez,
his cousin--Desires permission to come to Spain to more fully lay the
condition before his Majesty.