110 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 73 
occupied, when first discovered, a portion of what is now western 
Florida, between Ocilla River on the east and the Ocklocknee and 
its branches on the west. They probably extended into what is now 
the State of Georgia for a short distance, but their center was in 
the region indicated, northward of Apalachee Bay. Tallahassee, 
the present State capital of Florida, is nearly in the center of their 
ancient domain. 
A fair idea of the number and names of their towns may be obtained 
from the lists of missions made in the years 1655 1 and 1680. 2 The 
first of these contains the following Apalachee missions, together 
with their distances in leagues from St. Augustine: 
San Lorenzo de Apalache 75 
San Francisco de Apalache 77 
La Concepcion de Apalache 77 
San Josef de Apalache 84 
San Juan de Apalache 86 
San Pedro y San Pablo de Kpal 
[Kpal evidently for Apal] 87 
San Cosme y San Damian 90 
San Luis de Apalache 88 
San Martin de Apalache 87 
Fortunately the second list gives native names also. In this the 
missions are classified by provinces, but no distances appear. The 
following are enumerated in the "Provincia de Apalache," the order 
having been altered to agree as far as possible with that in the first 
mission list: 
San Lorenco de Ybithachucu. 
Nuestra Senora de La Purissima Conception de Ajubali. 
San Francisco de Oconi. 
San Joseph de Ocuia. 
San Joan de Ospalaga. 
San Pedro y San Pablo de Patali. 
San Antonio de Bacuqua. 
San Cosme y San Damian de Yecambi. 
San Carlos de los Chacatos, conversion nueva. 
San Luis de Talimali. 
Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria de la Tama, conversion nueva. 
San Pedro de los Chines, conversion nueva. 
San Martin de Tomoli. 
Santa Cruz y San Pedro de Alcantara de Ychutafun. 
There is little doubt, that the missions of this second list correspond- 
ing with those of the former are pure Apalachee — i. e., the first six, the 
eighth, the tenth, and the thirteenth. The omission of the name Apa- 
lachee after San Cosme and San Damian in the first is probably due to 
lack of space in the original text. After the preceding name it is abbre- 
viated. San Antonio de Bacuqua was also in all probability Apalachee, 
a town missionized later than the others. San Carlos de los Chacatos 
was of course the mission among the neighboring Chatot Indians, and 
1 Serrano y Sauz, Doc. Hist., pp. 132-133; also Lowery, MSS., Lib. Cong. Reproduced on p. 323. 
2 Lowery, MSS. Reproduced on p. 323. 
