Letters to the King from the Governor Pablo Ita Salazer--Oath of office
administered in the tower of the old Fort which is rapidly going into
ruins--The Garrison needing supplies and ammunition--No warehouses, and
owing to the distance and frequency of storms delaying supplies, the
people are forced to hunt in the woods for roots to appease their
hunger--The Fort in danger from pirates--Ammunition and guards exposed
to the fatalities of the weather--Pleads for more money to complete the
Castle--Its great importance--A pentagonal shape recommended--The
Viceroy of Spain fails to send the ten thousand dollars--One hundred men
needed to guard the Castle--Great danger from pirates--Two hundred
leagues from Havana and five hundred from New Spain.