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But within weeks, a devastating hurricane struck September 19\u201320, 1559, destroying most of the fleet and much of the stored provisions.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Worth\u2019s chronology also records something visitors rarely hear soon after the storm, Spanish parties pushed inland and encountered a large Native town called Nanipacana along the central Alabama River evidence that the Pensacola Bay landing sat within a wider, populated Native landscape connected by river corridors.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, archaeology keeps this early chapter visible. 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A widely used educational chapter by historian William S. Coker and colleagues\u2019 recounts that during a 1686 expedition, officer Juan Jord\u00e1n de Reina praised the harbor and reported that local Indians called themselves \u201cPanzacola,\u201d commonly glossed in the source as a Choctaw term meaning \u201clong-haired people.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scholars also emphasize that the Panzacola are among the least clearly documented Native groups in the early record, in part because names, alliances, and settlements shifted under colonial pressure. (A recent UWF graduate thesis frames this as a key challenge in tracing the Panzacola through sparse documentation and limited archaeological signatures.)<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For heritage travelers, that uncertainty is part of the truth: the 1600s Gulf Coast was a moving frontier, where Native communities adapted to a new world of disease, raiding, and imperial competition long before permanent European towns took root on the bay.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-slide=\"3\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-458ef42 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"458ef42\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b47fc8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0b47fc8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-751690b elementor-view-framed elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"751690b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chess-rook\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M368 32h-56a16 16 0 0 0-16 16v48h-48V48a16 16 0 0 0-16-16h-80a16 16 0 0 0-16 16v48H88.1V48a16 16 0 0 0-16-16H16A16 16 0 0 0 0 48v176l64 32c0 48.33-1.54 95-13.21 160h282.42C321.54 351 320 303.72 320 256l64-32V48a16 16 0 0 0-16-16zM224 320h-64v-64a32 32 0 0 1 64 0zm144 128H16a16 16 0 0 0-16 16v32a16 16 0 0 0 16 16h352a16 16 0 0 0 16-16v-32a16 16 0 0 0-16-16z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae22ca7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ae22ca7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t1698\u20131722\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e1f737 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e1f737\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/public.santarosacreekband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FORUM-Depiction-of-Luna-landing-in-Pensacola.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1152\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/public.santarosacreekband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FORUM-Depiction-of-Luna-landing-in-Pensacola.jpg 800w, https:\/\/public.santarosacreekband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FORUM-Depiction-of-Luna-landing-in-Pensacola-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/public.santarosacreekband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FORUM-Depiction-of-Luna-landing-in-Pensacola-768x466.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d8c6dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d8c6dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Spanish Pensacola begins, and <br>Native diplomacy becomes high-stakes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d6a99d elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"2d6a99d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. 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Coker and colleagues describe the rapid fort-building at Barrancas and the tense standoff as the French approached in early 1699.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was not just a European chess match. Native alliances and rivalries mattered immediately. The same source describes how war reached the outpost in 1707, including siege pressure involving Native forces influenced by English interests.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A detail that still shapes local geography: in 1693, a Spanish scientific expedition surveyed and named features of the bay region, including the Blackwater River (recorded in this account as \u201cR\u00edo de Almirante\u201d).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-slide=\"4\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0496c78 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0496c78\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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Worth explains that deteriorating Spanish-Creek relations and abuses at the frontier set the stage for violence, and he records the April 9, 1761, night attack that destroyed Escambe and forced survivors south toward Pensacola.<\/li><li><strong>Mission San Antonio de Punta Rasa (c. 1749\u20131761)<\/strong>, a Yamasee mission community near today\u2019s Garcon Point. 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Two years later, just 47 survivors laid out a new town north of Veracruz, with civic leadership reflecting both communities.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a key takeaway for visitors: Pensacola\u2019s Native history is not only \u201clocal.\u201d It is part of a wider Gulf world of forced movement, rebuilding, and cultural endurance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-slide=\"6\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"6 of 8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f3b54f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5f3b54f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fa8529 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3fa8529\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ccbfbf elementor-view-framed elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"0ccbfbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-archway\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M560 448h-16V96H32v352H16.02c-8.84 0-16 7.16-16 16v32c0 8.84 7.16 16 16 16H176c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16V320c0-53.02 42.98-96 96-96s96 42.98 96 96l.02 160v16c0 8.84 7.16 16 16 16H560c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-32c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm0-448H16C7.16 0 0 7.16 0 16v32c0 8.84 7.16 16 16 16h544c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16V16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-063a8f4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"063a8f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t1763\u20131821\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-714ed83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"714ed83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/public.santarosacreekband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cult_Ctr723194-small-1024x626.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-177\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/public.santarosacreekband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cult_Ctr723194-small-1024x626.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/public.santarosacreekband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cult_Ctr723194-small-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/public.santarosacreekband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cult_Ctr723194-small-768x469.jpg 768w, https:\/\/public.santarosacreekband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cult_Ctr723194-small-1536x939.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/public.santarosacreekband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cult_Ctr723194-small.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e6fe9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"26e6fe9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Flags change \u2014<br>Native life continues<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1f2696 elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"d1f2696\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. 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Worth summarizes how Florida\u2019s later Spanish period population was not identical to the pre-1763 population, and how the region became increasingly connected to the growing United States to the north.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through every regime change, Native people remained present in the surrounding waterways and pinewoods not as a vanished past, but as neighbors, traders, and communities navigating the tightening grip of colonial and then American expansion.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-slide=\"7\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"7 of 8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3688623 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3688623\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45522c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"45522c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-609a8fa elementor-view-framed elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"609a8fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-feather-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M512 0C460.22 3.56 96.44 38.2 71.01 287.61c-3.09 26.66-4.84 53.44-5.99 80.24l178.87-178.69c6.25-6.25 16.4-6.25 22.65 0s6.25 16.38 0 22.63L7.04 471.03c-9.38 9.37-9.38 24.57 0 33.94 9.38 9.37 24.59 9.37 33.98 0l57.13-57.07c42.09-.14 84.15-2.53 125.96-7.36 53.48-5.44 97.02-26.47 132.58-56.54H255.74l146.79-48.88c11.25-14.89 21.37-30.71 30.45-47.12h-81.14l106.54-53.21C500.29 132.86 510.19 26.26 512 0z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-007f73e elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"007f73e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t1821\u20131865\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-400a65f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"400a65f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/public.santarosacreekband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/men-prayer-Small-scaled.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f0f0ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f0f0ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">U.S. Florida, removal, and Native persistence into the Civil War era<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6022f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"f6022f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. 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Historian Dr. Brian R. Rucker (Pensacola State College) writes that although Andrew Jackson\u2019s campaigns dispersed several hostile Creek groups, \u201cscattered parties remained,\u201d and that sizable bands lived in northwest Florida.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rucker adds locally specific detail: after the Treaty of Moultrie Creek (1823), smaller Creek bands lived along St. Andrew\u2019s, Choctawhatchee, Blackwater, and Escambia bays, and \u201cIndians and half-bloods often visited Pensacola\u201d to hunt, fish, pasture cattle, and obtain supplies.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the Civil War era, Native communities and families in the wider region were living under the same pressures as their neighbors war, economic disruption, and contested identity while still carrying older ties to Creek towns and Gulf Coast 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The Tribe\u2019s official history emphasizes that Poarch ancestors avoided removal, remained in and around their community for nearly two centuries, and that the Tribe was federally recognized in 1984.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <em>Encyclopedia of Alabama<\/em> adds Civil War-era detail, noting that dozens of Poarch Creek men volunteered for Confederate service and describing how the post-war period brought major hardship and discrimination.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together, these communities remind visitors of a simple truth: Native history in and around Pensacola is not only something you read about, but also is something you can encounter respectfully through education, public programs, and cultural events today. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Previous\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-chevron-left\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M646 125C629 125 613 133 604 142L308 442C296 454 292 471 292 487 292 504 296 521 308 533L604 854C617 867 629 875 646 875 663 875 679 871 692 858 704 846 713 829 713 812 713 796 708 779 692 767L438 487 692 225C700 217 708 204 708 187 708 171 704 154 692 142 675 129 663 125 646 125Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Next\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-chevron-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M696 533C708 521 713 504 713 487 713 471 708 454 696 446L400 146C388 133 375 125 354 125 338 125 325 129 313 142 300 154 292 171 292 187 292 204 296 221 308 233L563 492 304 771C292 783 288 800 288 817 288 833 296 850 308 863 321 871 338 875 354 875 371 875 388 867 400 854L696 533Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1559-1561 De Luna at \u201cOchuse\u201d and the Native world the Spanish entered Read More In the summer of 1559, the expedition of Trist\u00e1n de Luna y Arellano arrived at Pensacola Bay called Ochuse in Spanish sources, intending to establish a lasting colony. 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