Shot in the right front leg by a musket, this dog must have suffered greatly before succumbing to infection and being buried in a small grave in an indian village on the northern end of St Simons Island.

 

X-rays of the dogs legs reveal the damage done by the musket ball. Archaeologists believe  the dog was killed  by crew members of Pedro de Quejo, who was in the vicinity in advance of the 1526 Lucas Vasquez de Allyon expedition.- Jerald T. Milanich

Pedro de Quejo was an early Spanish explorer, trader and slaver in these parts, around the same time as Ponce de Leon’s voyages.  He was commissioned by Lucas Vasquez de Allyon to help find a suitable spot for a colony,  In 1526 Allyon left the Dominican Republic with six ships and about 600 men, women, friars, and cattle. They settled somewhere in this area, though the exact site hasn’t been positively identified.The colony didn’t last but a few months. Some scholars theorize that the colony, called San Miguel de Gualdape, was on Sapelo Island.

The above photos are from Jerald T Milanich’s book Laboring in the Fields of the Lord