ABSTRACT
If in passing the corsair called at Santa Elena, as we suppose to be most likely, everything will have been burned and lost, even if the enemy does not remain in occupation. Hereafter, if those forts are to be maintained, they cannot be of timber only and scantily garrisoned. It will be necessary for Your Majesty to take measures so to fortify that they can resist both the Indians and outside enemies; for when the crisis arrives both (p. 4) are foes to the death and our establishments cannot survive unless Your Majesty order the country settled and fortified once for all ...
