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==Aftermath==
With the colony in serious danger, de Luna sought to trade with local Indians for food, but found no native villages in the area. He traveled west and reached the [[Alabama River]] on [[February 6]], [[1560]]. He sent a detachment of 150 men north up the river on [[April 15]], and they eventually found the deserted Indian village of [[Nanipacna]], which they renamed "Santa Cruz" and moved in occupied for several months. Back in Mexico, the Viceroy sent two relief ships in November, promising additional aid in the spring.
The relief got the colony through the winter, but the supplies expected in the spring had not arrived by September. De Luna ordered the remainder of his force to march to the large native town of Coca, but the men mutinied. Bloodshed was averted by the settlement's missionaries.
