Damián de Vega Castro y Pardo was the governor of the Spanish province of La Florida from November 26, 1638 to April 10, 1645.
[4] By the late 1640s, after Castro's term had ended, the Chisca were scattered throughout the upper St. Johns River region among the Timucuans of the Ibiniuti district.
Castro had to deal with the fact that the Spanish situado (government subsidy of money) had not reached Florida since 1636, a problem that was exacerbated by the unintentional cancellation in 1643 of the arrival of food in San Agustín (Saint Augustine), the capital of the province.
This forced Castro to send another letter to the king on August 29, 1644, explaining that the city's population would starve unless aid was sent soon.
[5] Castro's term as governor of La Florida ended on April 10, 1645, when he was replaced by Benito Ruíz de Salazar Vallecilla.