[1] His family was prominent in Saint Augustine, the capital of La Florida, and operated several cattle ranches on their land along the Rio San Juan (St. Johns River).
The Spanish government probably counted only the men among the natives, with a ratio of Christians compared to the total population of the province of 1 in 5 people.
[6] The native village that preceded the mission settlement of San Luis as capital of the Apalachee was called Anhaica Apalache, a name mentioned in the chronicles of the Hernando de Soto expedition.
[8] Hurruytiner dispatched sergeant major Antonio de Herrera López y Mesa to the western mission provinces to negotiate a peace with the leaders of the warring parties: the unchristianized Chacato who lived to the west of Apalachee, the towns of Apalachicola Province to the northwest, and the Amacano to the southeast.
[4] After leaving his political position in Florida, Hurruytiner was appointed Viceroy of Sardinia, at the time a Spanish possession.