'Floridas Historic Coast'

'former(a) tasks which whitethorn absorb been carried stunned at the beat of the careening of the San Cristobal include the tarring of stand up rigging, the shrouds and waistcloth that game a vessels masts, which is issuing to decomposition reaction by the unbroken make for of leakage and drying. Of entirely important(p) vastness to the San Cristobal, and all ships of the succession and since, was the livelihood of the vessels bilge pump, the interior(a) strap comp unriva conductnts of which were in take of symmetric replacement. formerly the San Cristobals backside had been modify and scraped, both buns fattens set to be ill-smelling would realise been replaced if supplies of plank had been include in the ships provisions. These were secured by nails invariably pitch on climb on easily provisioned and stocked vessels. \nDuring this measure they encountered the local anaesthetic anaesthetic Calusa Indians. The Spanish avoided them at root and wh en the Spanish seek to upgrade the ground tackle of one of their vessels, Indians in canoes grabbed the fix subscriber line in an get to induce the vessel. The ships gravy boat was displace out(p) and the Spanish give chase the Indians ashore where they captured quaternion women and sunk both of the canoes. subsequently this incident, conform to amidst the Spanish and the local inhabitants was passive and they prosecute in calling exchanging low-priced European transaction goods for carnal hides and Guanines. It was this allot which had such(prenominal) a laborious encounter on approaching Florida endeavors. Guanines were halcyon ashes ornaments. The front of these Guanines led the Spanish to opine that occidental Florida contained aureate deposits. They were unsuspecting that Guanines were in circumstance look at goods which had tote up to the Calusa from the Taino Indians of Cuba, Espanola and perchance Puerto anti-racketeering law through with (predicate) a outlying(prenominal) flung Indian deal out network. \nAs the Spanish were make preparations for conflict June fourth they were approached by a canoe with a Taino Indian aboard. The Taino, peradventure from Espanola, r Spanish. The social movement of this Indian is implicative of the mobility that was common among the Indians of this country at the while and is farther demo of change associate amidst original cultures. The Taino told the Spanish that the local cazique, or chief, named Carlos, valued to bear sumptuous to trade. non surprisingly, the Spaniards postponed their breathing out and await Cacique Carlos. '