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Diego de Quiroga y Losada was the acting Governor of Florida between 1687 and 1693. His administration was mainly concerned with the building of several forts (as the case of Castillo de San Marcos, started for his predecessors) to try to block the British and French attacks. ==Career.== In August 20, 1687, Losada was appointed acting Governor of Florida. In August 1687, 11 escaped African slaves from the Carolinas arrived by boat in Florida, seeking a better life. They landed at the Franciscan Mission Santa Maria, on Amelia Island. Soldiers reported their arrival to Losada, so he could decide what to do with them. Losada ordered the Africans to go to Saint Augustine, in October. Losada distributed the slaves by Saint Augustine. The men worked in the Castillo de San Marcos. Only two women who were on the boat, worked at Losada´s house.〔Susan Parker (February 24, 2013, to 1:13). (Nation's Oldest City: In 1687, Florida offered asylum to the 11 refugees who sought freedom from slavery ). Retrieved in July 28, 2014, to 15:40.〕 The slaves from The Carolinas worked in the construction of the Castillo de San Marcos and other defense projects during the first six months. Furthermore, Losada used the Spanish families to assist the priests in baptism and the Christianization of the slaves.〔Susan Parker (March 31, 2013 - 12:48). (Nation's Oldest City: Easter brought rebirth and freedom ). Retrieved in July 10, 2014, to 14:10.〕 In 1687, the Spanish governor visited the province of Apalachee and ordered Captain Primo de Rivera to build a Fort in Chattahoochee, the ''Casa Fuerte'', in order to cope with the English invasion in northern Florida. So, Losada sent one hundred Amerindians, many them carpenters, along with Rivera, to build the Fort in two months. Later in the spring of 1690, the Lieutenant Favian de Angulo traveled to Chattahoochee to command the garrison. At this time, and based on the Angulo´s comments that he wrote in a letter to Losada, the garrison contained seventy non-Indian soldiers and 20 Amerindians of the Apalachee. However, despite the warnings of Angulo not to trade with the English, the Native Americans traded with them and soon the town surrounding the fort was abandoned. So, Angulo demolished the fortification and removed weapons, food and other resources to try to prevent the site from having any use for the merchants of the Carolinas. The lieutenant and the Spaniards abandoned the area, leaving it free - along with the rest of the Mid-South - for trade and English and French colonization, who would eventually settle there. 〔A. Walthall, John (1980). (Prehistoric Indians of the Southeast: Archaeology of Alabama and the Middle South ). The University of Alabama Press. Page 275.〕 In 1689, Losada removed the Fort Apalachicola, nearby Chattahoochee River, without the approval of the King, because English traders began settle in the province and they were doing business with Native American people of Florida at North Spanish missions.〔Foster II, H. Thomas (March 23, 2011). (Encycolpedia of Alabama: Fort Apalachicola ). Consulted in July 10, 2014, to 14:30.〕 In 1690, he offered coquina of a quarry to their workers to build houses or other buildings.〔Susan Parker (July 21, 2013 - 12:00). (Nation's Oldest City: Spanish soldiers pay never lasted long ). Retrieved in July 29, 2014, to 15:16 pm.〕 Losada saw that the sea was beginning to flood Saint Augustine, being able to swallow even the houses. If it continued to advancing, could disable the fortress, built with hard work. To try to prevent flooding, Losada met with leading men and citizens of the city, and proposed the construction of a wall in order to block the advance of sea. The wall should be built since of castle. The inhabitants of the city not only approved his proposal, but worked hard to build the wall, and the soldiers investing in it over 1700 dollars of his salary (although his salary was much less than that amount). This money, besides being used to build the wall, was used for establish an office in which the Government studied the issue.〔Denise Olson (March 28, 2013). (Moultire Journal: The First Sea Wall ). Retrieved in July 10, 2014, to 13:30.〕 During his government, it was replaced the church bell of St. Augustine for a smaller bell, because complaints had Losada about the bell, which was very noisy and did not work well (the bells of Florida not only announced that it was time to go to church, but also announced the arrival of happy news & also warned of any dangers. The ringing of the bell could be able to overshadow any alarm signal to indicate the proximity of an enemy, and also sometimes caused the soldiers remain on alert for the arrival of an enemy who perhaps would not arrive).〔Susan Parker (October 7, 2012 - 12:05am). (Nation's Oldest City: Church bells undergo changes over the years ). Retrieved in July 10, 2014, to 13:40 pm.〕 He remained this charge until September 21, 1693.〔Worth, John. (Spanish Florida - Governors ). University of West Florida. Consulted in July 8, 2014, to 00:10.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Diego de Quiroga y Losada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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