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Apalachee (ăp'əlăch`ē), extinct tribe of Native North Americans once centered about Apalachee Bay, NW Florida, belonging to the Muskogean branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages Native American languages, languages of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere and their descendants. A number of the Native American languages that were spoken at the time of the European arrival in the New World in the late 15th cent. ..... Click the link for more information. ). Prosperous agriculturalists, they fought off the raids of the Creek until early in the 18th cent. Combined Native American and British forces then conquered them, wiping out their villages along with Spanish missions and garrisons. More than 1,000 Apalachee were sold into slavery. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The security zone, instituted in 1996, runs from near the Florida-Georgia state line along the Atlantic Coast to the Florida Keys and north into the Gulf of Mexico to Apalachee Bay (longitude 83[degrees], 50 mm. Until the 1970s few mission sites were known, let alone systematically studied, and only one major book had been published on Florida missions (Mark Boyd, Hale Smith, and John Griffen, Here They Once Stood: The Tragic End of the Apalachee missions. These commenters were CANICCOR, Metropolitan Washington Planning & Housing Association, Withlacoochee Regional Planning Council, Apalachee Regional Planning Council, CSRA Regional Development Center, Southwest Tennessee Development District, Southeast Georgia Regional Development Center, and two individuals. |
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