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Spaniards considered Pooy [Tampa] the best bay
Source: Early History of the Creek Indians and Their Neighbors #121
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Pooy, Pojoy. Mentioned in a Spanish document of 1612 as a town or province situated on a certain bay. The document says: "The best bay [on the southwestern coast of Florida] is the bay of Pooy, which is where the Indians say Hernando de Soto disembarked." This is Tampa Bay or that part of it known as Hillsborough Bay. A letter of 1C25 mentions a province called Posoy, which is probably identical with this. (Swanton)
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