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The Apalachee Massacre was an episode that took place during Queen Anne's War in 1704.
In 1704, the ex-governor of South Carolina James Moore launched an invasion of the Apalachee territory in western Florida with 50 Englishmen and 1,000 Creek. They targeted the Apalachee because of the 14 Spanish Franciscan missions which had been established there for roughly a century. Moore's forces defeated the combined Spanish and Apalachee forces (which consisted of about 30 Spaniards and 400 Apalachees) led by Captain Mexia.
All but one of the Spanish missions was destroyed and Moore's forces looted the area, capturing about 1,400 catholic Apalachees who were then sold into slavery. Many other Apalachees were killed during the invasion, while some fled westwards accepting an offer to live in French-controlled Mobile. Others were forced to resettle along the Savannah River to live in a state of semi-serfdom.
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- Dictionary of American History by James Truslow Adams, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940
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