Juan de Salinas

Juan de Salinas was the governor of Florida between August 2, 1618 - October 28, 1624.[1]

Salinas arrived to Saint Augustine, Florida in 1618 in replacement of Juan Treviño de Guillamas as Governor of Florida. Under his administration, the life conditions of the Native Americans worsened and they started to feel virtually enslaved. they fled to the forests of Guale and San Pedro (now Cumberland). [2]

Also its policy against indigenous caused that the Chisca attacked the Christians. So, Salinas dispatched ensign Adrián de Cañizares y Osorio to more that sixty leagues into the interior in Florida in order to "punish" to the Chisca and Chichimeco Amerindians.[3]

Also in 1623, he sent two entradas in search of a group of "blond men on horseback" (groups of Americans probably from Carolinas or Georgia) who were exploring the inland of Florida, territory property only of the Spanish, based on some reports he had received, led by a Timucuan chief. His successor, Luis de Rojas y Borja, sent a third entradas of 10 soldiers and 60 Amerindians Guale. We do not know if they found them.[4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. States F-K.
  2. ↑ Jekyll Island's Early Years: From Prehistory Through Reconstruction. Written by June Hall McCash. Page 36.
  3. ↑ The Timucuan Chiefdoms of Spanish Florida: Resistance and destruction. Written by John E. Worth. Page 19.
  4. ↑ The Archaeology of Mission Santa Catalina de Guale, Volumen 68: Situado y Sabana. Spain´s support system for the Presidio and Mission provinces of Florida. Written by Amy Turner Bushnell. Page 70.