From 1702 to 1708, bellicose fighting men from Carolina in North America traveled southwards to Florida and attacked a group of North American Indians called Apalachee and the Spanish missionaries who lived amongst them. The men from Carolina set out to destroy the Apalachee, the Spanish, and Catholicism, and they were successful.

Some of the Apalachee were killed, others fled, others were captured and sold into slavery or given to the Creek Indians who had assisted the men from Carolina. The Apalachee who were sold into slavery kept their tribal identity for some time but that effort eventually failed.

The Spanish missionaries were slain. The missions were laid to waste. The Catholicism that was being taught to the Apalachee disappeared from the area with the Indians.

In 1710, Carolina was divided into two parts, North Carolina and South Carolina.

See also

Muskogean languages Queen Anne's War

External links

Florida lessons San Luis Apalachee