Cabot sends three groups of scouts to…
1529 CE
Cabot sends three groups of scouts to the west, to seek more information about the White King, subsequently leaving the fort without waiting for their return.
However, when he learns that the natives in Paraguay and around the fort have become hostile to the Spaniards and have organized a rebellion against them, he and Garcia de Moguer return to almost immediately to the fort, where Gregorio Caro has relaxed military discipline.
They order him to kill a hundred natives as a deterrent, and Cabot abuses the cacique Yaguari.
The measures are not effective, and the natives become more hostile.
Military discipline is still lax, despite the return of Cabot.
Cabot organizes a punitive expedition to Paraguay, again leaving Caro in charge of the fort.
Cabot confirms that the natives are about to attack the fort, but continues to the north, trusting that Caro will be able to defend it.
The attack comes on the night of September 1, 1529.
The natives set the fort on fire while all the soldiers are sleeping.
When they wake, realizing defense will be useless, they attempt to board the two ships and flee.
Most of them are killed and one of the ships is destroyed before it can depart.
The survivors join Cabot and García, who immediately return to help, but by the time they arrive, all remaining Spaniards are dead, and the fort has been burned and razed to the ground.
They recover the cannon and return to San Salvador.