Apalachee massacre [SEP] point in time
Apalachee massacre
The Apalachee massacre was a series of raids by English colonists from the Province of Carolina and their Indian allies against a largely peaceful population of Apalachee Indians in northern Spanish Florida that took place in 1704, during Queen Anne's War. Against limited Spanish and Indian resistance, a network of missions was destroyed; most of the population either was killed or captured, fled to larger Spanish and French outposts, or voluntarily joined the English.
The only major event of former Carolina Governor James Moore's expedition was the
Most of the Spanish missions in the province were destroyed during the Apalachee massacre.
Towns.
- Anhaica was the capital of Apalachee Province, located near Myers Park in Tallahassee.
- Lake Jackson Mound site is located on the southern shore of Lake Jackson.
- Velda Mound was the center of an older town located north of Tallahassee. It is now within the Killearn Estates neighborhood.
See also.
- Mission San Luis de Apalachee
References.
- The Apalachee and Mission San Luis
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