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The Yamasee War sent the Apalachicolas back to the Chattahoochee
Source: The Debatable Land #557
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Suddenly an event occurred which sent the Apalachicolas back to the Chattahoochee to live, and restored Spanish influence among them. It was a case of poetic justice. The Yamassees had been Carolina's chief instruments in the destruction of Spanish Guale. They now headed a widespread revolt against the English and returned to Spanish allegiance. The first blow fell in May, 1715, at the Yamassee town of Pocotaligo. The Yamassee-Creek war is treated by …Contemporary narratives are "An account of Missionaries sent to South Carolina" (in Carroll, Hist. Coll., II, 527-568)
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