CHAPTER XVI--A. D. 1736-1739 174

Governor Señor Montiano in a letter to his Majesty says: It is reported that Don Diego Oglethorpe has said openly “that should he receive orders from his Government to fix the boundary lines between the Spanish possessions and the Carolinas, he would so delay its execution that there should never be a sign of these limits”--Montiano thinks “it will be impossible to ever discuss matters of importance with such a man and it will be best that he be removed”--An Indian, Juan Ygnacio de las Reyes, gives himself up to the English, under pretext of having killed an Indian, to gain information concerning the strength and intentions of the English toward the Spanish--After misleading the English as to the strength and numbers in the Spanish fortifications, he makes his escape and returns to this Province--Statement of what has been ordered for the aid of Florida Provinces--The dislodging of the enemy from certain settlements on its territory up to 1674--Dispatch of 1675 commands that if the negro slaves sent to Havana have not already been sold, they shall be sent to Florida to be put to work upon the construction of the Castle to relieve the Indians.