Source: The Debatable Land (ID557)
Author: Bolton, Herbert (ID264)
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Published in: Arredondo's Historical Proof of Spain's Title to Georgia
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1639-01-01 - 1639-12-31
Apalache became a lively trade center
Missionary work carried with it other developments toward civilization in western Florida. A garrison was stationed at San Luis. Packet boats soon plied between San Agustin, Havana, and San Marcos Bay (1639). Apalache became a lively center for trade in deerskins and wild turkeys. Of maize and beans three or four thousand bushels were shipped annually to San Agustin. At Asile (Aucilla) a royal plantation was opened. Hostile Choctaws in the west, pirates on the Gulf, and English traders in the back country increased the importance of Apalache. The military defence was strengthened, and San Luis became a base for advance toward Pensacola and up the Chattahoochee into western Georgia.1
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