Damián de Vega Castro y Pardo
| Damián de Vega Castro y Pardo | |
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| Governor of la Florida | |
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In office 26 November 1639 – April 10, 1645 | |
| Preceded by | Luis de Horruytiner |
| Succeeded by | Benito Ruíz de Salazar Vallecilla |
Damián de Vega Castro y Pardo was the governor of Florida between 1639 - 1645.
Government in Florida
Castro y Pardo was appointed governor of Florida on 26 November 1639.[1]
In this early months of government, in 1639, Castro y Pardo negotiated a peace between the Chacato, Apalachicola, Amacano and Apalachee tribes.[2]
In addition, in this same year, Pardo proposed that the Chisca Amerindian people, considered in this time as a violent people, were settled down in agricultural communities near St. Augustine, in the program reducción. Here, Castro y Pardo would employed them in the recovering of fugitive Christian Amerindians. Albeit it is not known if the plan was put into effect. However, to the late 1640s, the Chisca were scattered through the upper St. Johns River region, among the Timucuans of the Ibiniuti district, because it was suggested that Vega could have settled to the Chisca along the river to try to address the problem of immigration of people from Mission San Diego (both fugitive hunters as Timucua Indians). The stay of Chisca in Florida peninsula sparked an Appalachee rebellion in 1647 and, subsequently were done several raids against the Christian Timucua people.[3]
On July 9, 1743, Pardo sent a letter to the Spanish Crown for help to solve the difficulties of Florida, patents there throughout its colonial history.
Moreover, the government of Pardo also found the problem that did not reach to Florida any Spanish subsidy or financial assistance since 1736 (he began to rule Florida in 1739), a problem that was exacerbated by the cancellation - unintentional - of the arrival of food to Sain Augustine from before January 1743. This forced to Pardo to send another letter to the King, on August 29, 1744, to communicate these issues and ask for help, stating that if the situation remain in Saint Augustine so by more time, the population would starve.[4]
Pardo ruled Florida until April 10, 1645, when he was replaced by Benito Ruíz de Salazar Vallecilla in the government of Florida.[1]
References
- 1 2 John Worth - Spanish Florida - Governors. University of West Florida. Retrieved in July 8, 2014, to 00:10 pm.
- ↑ San Carlos de Chacatos - Washington County's Spanish Mission. Posted by Dale Cox. Retrieved in July 13, 2014, to 23:45pm.
- ↑ Hoffman, Paul E. (2002). Florida's Frontiers. Indiana University Press. Page 109.
- ↑ CW Arnade (1955). Florida in 1643: As Seen by Its Governor - Jstor.