THE APALACHEE The third Muskhogean group to be considered is known to history under the name Apalachee, a word which in Hitchiti, a related dialect, seems to signify "on the other side." The Apalachee proper occupied, when first discovered, a portion of what is now western Florida, between Ocilla River on the east and the Ocklocknee and its branches on the west. They probably extended into what is now the State of Georgia for a short distance, but their center was in the region indicated, northward of Apalachee Bay. Tallahassee, the present State capital of Florida, is nearly in the center of their ancient domain. A fair idea of the number and names of their towns may be obtained from the lists of missions made in the years 1655 ' and 1680.2 The first of these contains the following Apalachee missions, together with their distances in leagues from St. Augustine: San Lorenzo de Apalache 75 San Francisco de Apalache 77 La Concepcion de Apalache 77 San Josef de Apalache 84 San Juan de Apalache 86 San Pedro y San Pablo de Kpal [Kpal evidently for Apal] 87 San Cosme y San Damian 90 San Luis de Apalache 88 San Martin de Apalache 87 (Swanton)