Preliminary Investigations of the 1614 Spanish Attack on the Calusa Realm
Way back in a 2005, Friends of the RRC Newsletter, Dr. John Worth (now at the University of West Florida) … Continue
To Enslave or Not To Enslave
Beginning early in 1566, Florida’s founder Pedro Menéndez de Avilés embarked on a far-reaching strategy to bring the native peoples … Continue
Early Spanish Visits to Southwest Florida
The official discovery and naming of “La Florida” in 1513 by former Puerto Rican governor Juan Ponce de León marked … Continue
Details Emerge on “Spanish Indians” of Useppa Island
It has long been known that the Cuban fishermen of Useppa Island’s well-known fishing rancho lived with and in some … Continue
The Pineland Site and Calusa-Spanish Relations, 1612-1614
The identification of the Pineland site as the likely remains of the important 16th-18th-century Calusa community of Tampa (see June, … Continue
Cubans and Creek Indian People in Southwest Florida
During April, I returned to Cuba to conduct more archival research at the Archivo Nacional de Cuba in Havana, and … Continue
Cuban Parish Records Reveal Immigrant Calusa Indians
As a follow-up by to my article in the December 2002 Friends newsletter (Vol. 1, No. 4), I’m pleased to … Continue
Tracking the Calusa Overseas
It’s perhaps amazing to realize that the historical “tracks” of the Calusa reach well beyond Florida, not just to Cuba … Continue