I would like to know if anyone has any knowledge of the existence of lists or data that pertain to the migration of the original Florida natives to Cuba when the Spanish and British governments exchanged the territory of Florida and Havana (and its suburbs) in 1763. These were not the Indians known as Seminoles (that migration came later), but Indians which formed the Appalachee (northern Florida), the Calusa (western Florida), the Tequesta (southern coastal Florida), the Ais (central Florida), and the so-called Fresh Water Creek group (central coastal Florida). Although generally portrayed as "extinct," hardly ever publicized facts and reports indicate that all surviving members of these five tribes decided to move to Cuba with the Spaniards when the trade took place. According to Dr. Hurtado, most of the new immigrants established themselves in what was later known as the outside-the-city neighborhood ("extramuros") known as La Florida. There were also some of them who moved on to the Province of Matanzas, and for example, founded the town later known as Ceiba Mocha, originally named San Agustín de la Nueva Florida (St. Augustine of the New Florida). I understand that the Catholic Church in Ceiba Mocha is still named the Iglesia de San Agustín de la Nueva Florida. It wasn't actually that far back that there was a monument at the mouth of the Miami River which they have told me read, "From this point embarked many of the thousands of Florida natives who left for Cuba in 1763." The sign was written in English, according to the two witnesses who told me about it. I tried to find out what happened to this monument, but no one I contacted in the governments of Dade County or the City of Miami knew anything about it. This is the way historical facts are lost. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Better first dates. More second dates. Yahoo! Personals --0-1292656780-1112361017=:141 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> I would like to know if anyone has any knowledge of the existence of lists or data that pertain to the migration of the original Florida natives to Cuba when the Spanish and British governments exchanged the territory of Florida and Havana (and its suburbs) in 1763. These were not the Indians known as Seminoles (that migration came later), but Indians which formed the Appalachee (northern Florida), the Calusa (western Florida), the Tequesta (southern coastal Florida), the Ais (central Florida), and the so-called Fresh Water Creek group (central coastal Florida). Although generally portrayed as "extinct," hardly ever publicized facts and reports indicate that all surviving members of these five tribes decided to move to Cuba with the Spaniards when the trade took place. According to Dr. Hurtado, most of the new immigrants established themselves in what was later known as the outside-the-city neighborhood ("extramuros") known as La Florida. There were also some of them who moved on to the Province of Matanzas, and for example, founded the town later known as Ceiba Mocha, originally named San Agustín de la Nueva Florida (St. Augustine of the New Florida). I understand that the Catholic Church in Ceiba Mocha is still named the Iglesia de San Agustín de la Nueva Florida. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> It wasn't actually that far back that there was a monument at the mouth of the Miami River which they have told me read, "From this point embarked many of the thousands of Florida natives who left for Cuba in 1763." The sign was written in English, according to the two witnesses who told me about it. I tried to find out what happened to this monument, but no one I contacted in the governments of Dade County or the City of Miami knew anything about it. This is the way historical facts are lost.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><p> <hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br> Better first dates. More second dates. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=27808/*http://personals.yahoo.com">Yahoo! Personals</a> --0-1292656780-1112361017=:141--