Apalachees (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Rochelle A. Marrinan.

Apalachee Province, an area located between the Aucilla and Ochlockonee Rivers in northwest Florida, was the last major mission effort by the Spanish government and the Franciscan order in La Florida (1633-1704). At the height of the Apalachee Mission period, at least fourteen missions were functioning. Epidemic disease, slave raiding, Native disaffection, inattention from distant colonial officials, repartimiento labor requirements, international competition, and Queen Anne’s War account for...