How did the Spanish missionaries treat Florida's Indian population?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. The missionaries made an aggressive effort at converting the Indian population.
2. They expected Indian villages to help feed the colonial garrison at St. Augustine.
3. Indian men were required to help transport cornmeal to the Atlantic coast and return with supplies for the missionaries.
4. The missionaries spread diseases that decimated the local Indian populations.
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