HISTORY OF FLORIDA. FROM ITS DISCOVERY BY PONCE DE LEON,  IN 1512, TO THE CLOSE OF THE  FLORIDA WAR, IN 1842. By George R. Fairbanks. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co, Jacksonville, Fla.: Columbus Drew. 1871. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by J. B. Lippincott & Co., In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. To The Memory Of My Honored Friend, Isaac H. Bronson, The First Judge Of The United States District Court, Northern District  Of Florida, A Citizen .  Whose Private Life And Public Virtues Shed Lustre Upon The State Of His Adoption, This Volume Is Respectfully Inscribed By The Author. PREFACE. Apart from the interest attached to Florida from its having been the first portion of the United States occupied by Europeans, it is associated with some of the most interesting and romantic events in American history. Portions of its long and eventful history have been written in the Latin, French, Spanish, and English languages. As early as 1591, De Bry published, in the Latin language, an account of the settlement of the Huguenots and the destruction of their colony, illustrated by fifty well-executed engravings ; and many later writers have treated of the history, climate, and natural productions of Florida, among whom may be mentioned La Vega, Fernandez, Biedma, Barcia, De Vaca, Herrera, Hakluyt, Roberts, Stark, Romans, De Brahm, Bartram, Vignoles, Forbes, and Darby; Williams published a very complete gazetteer in 1837; and to these should be added the valuable work of General Sprague, of the United States Army, ''The History of the Florida War." Buckingham Smith, Esq., formerly Secretary of Legation to Spain, whose life has been devoted to the investigation of Spanish and Indian antiquities, has edited, with valuable critical and descriptive notes, several of the most interesting works upon Florida. But, although so much has been written in reference to Florida, hitherto no connected history of the State has been published ; and it has been the object of the writer of this work to bring within a moderate compass a complete and authentic history of the State, from its discovery by Ponce de Leon to the close of the Florida War. For obvious reasons, the events of the late civil war have not been incorporated in the present volume. They will, doubtless, at some future time, form the material of a chapter of no inconsiderable interest. University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., Jan. 1871. TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER 1 Discovery of Florida by Ponce de Leon - Expeditions of De Ayllon, Miruelo, Cordova, Alaminos, and Verazzano CHAPTER 2 Expedition and Shipwreck of Panfilo de Narvaez, and Adventures of Cabera de Vaca, the Discoverer of the Mississippi CHAPTER 3 Expedition of Hernando de Soto CHAPTER 4 Expedition of Hernando de Soto, continued CHAPTER 5 Route of De Soto's Expedition through Florida CHAPTER 6 Other Expeditions to Florida - Occupation of Santa Maria by Tristan de Luna - Expedition to the Borders of Tennessee and the Province of Coca CHAPTER 7 Huguenot Settlements at Charles Fort under Ribaut, and at Fort Caroline under Laudonniere CHAPTER 8 French Expedition of Ribaut to relieve Fort Caroline - Spanish Expedition of Menendez to expel the Huguenots - Capture of Fort Caroline by Menendez, and Massacre of the Garrison CHAPTER 9 Shipwreck and Massacre of Ribaut and his Followers CHAPTER 10 Situation of Matters at St. Augustine, and Explorations made by Menendez CHAPTER 11 Recapture of Fort Caroline, and the Notable Revenge of Dominic de Gourgues CHAPTER 12 Return of Menendez - Attack on St. Augustine by Sir Francis Drake - Missions to the Indians, and Massacre of the Mission Fathers - Attack on St. Augustine by Captain Davis - Establishment of a Spanish Settlement at Pensacola CHAPTER 13 Governor Moore's Attack on St. Augustine - Invasion of Moore, with the Creek Indians, of the Indian Missions and Spanish Posts in Middle Florida - Erection of a Fort at St. Mark's - Capture of Pensacola by the French - Recapture of Pensacola by the Spaniards - Recapture of Pensacola by the French - Transfer of Pensacola to Spain CHAPTER 14 Attack on St. Augustine by Oglethorpe - Attack of Monteano on St. Simon's Island - Transfer of Florida to Great Britain CHAPTER 15 Policy of the English Government for the Settlement of Florida - Land-Grants - Dr. Turnbull's Colony of Greeks and Minorcans at Smyrna - Governor Grant's Administration - Governor Tonyn's Administration - First Colonial Assembly - Revolutionary War - Burning of Effigies of Hancock and Adams CHAPTER 16 English Occupation, continued - Capture of Pensacola by De Galvez - Capture of New Providence by the English - Retransfer of Florida to Spain CHAPTER 17 Condition of the Province after its Recession to Spain - Notice of McGillivray - Operations of Bowles - Patriot Rebellion - Operations of United States Troops in Florida - Indian Hostilities, between the Americans and King Payne the Seminole CHAPTER 18 Occupation of Pensacola by the English - English driven from Pensacola by General Jackson- Destruction of Negro Fort on Apalachicola by Colonel Clinch - Defeat of Florida Indians by General Jackson - Occupation of Pensacola by General Jackson - Treaty with Spain, ceding Florida to United States CHAPTER 19 Organization of Territory of Florida - Condition of the Indians - Treaty of Fort Moultrie - Indian Agency - Treaty of Payne's Landing - Collisions between the Races CHAPTER 20 Hostile Disposition of the Indians - Murder of General Thompson, Indian Agent - Massacre of Major Dade's Command -Battle of the Withlacoochee - General Scott's Campaign CHAPTER 21 Florida War, continued - General Jesup in Command - Indian Assault on Fort Mellon - Capitulation of Fort Dade - Flight of the Indians from Fort Brooke - Capture of King Philip, Coacoochee, and Osceola - Battle of Okechobee - Escape of Coacoochee - Surrender of Halleck Hajo and others - Results of General Jesup's Operations - General Taylor appointed to the Command CHAPTER 22 Florida War, continued, under General Taylor- Removal of Apalachee Indians-General Macomb's Treaty with the Indians - Proclamation that the War was ended-Resumption of Hostilities- Massacre of Colonel Harney's Detachment- Tragical Fate of Mrs. Montgomery-The Cuba Bloodhounds - Expedition of Colonel Worth to Okechobee-Recapture of Coacoochee CHAPTER 23 Florida War, continued, under Command of General Worth - Interview between General Worth and Coacoochee at Tampa Bay - Surrender of Coacoochee's Band - Active Operations of General Worth in the Everglades - Surrender of various Bands - Close of the Florida War. ©Florida Genealogy Trails This book was formatted November 2011 by a Friend of Free Genealogy for the sole use of Genealogy Trails