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The route followed by De Soto took him across the Alafia and 

 Hillsboro Rivers to the west bank of the Withlacoochee, near which 

 Urriparacoxi evidently lay, and where De Soto was joined by his 

 lieutenant. After an unsuccessful attempt to cross the river and the 

 swampy country beyond, De Soto skirted the lowlands now occupied 

 by Tsala Apopka Lake and crossed the river below the latter in the 

 neighborhood of Stokes Ferry. The chief town of Ocale to which the 

 Spaniards now came was probably not far from Silver Springs, be- 

 cause it is in this direction that Indian remains are most numerous. 



On August 11 De Soto set out again toward the north, leaving his 

 Master of the Camp, Luis de Moscoso, in charge of the remainder 

 of the army. Advancing through the present Alachua County, then 

 occupied by the powerful Potano tribe of the Timucuan connection, 

 he came to a town called Cholupaha and nearby a river which had 

 to be bridged. Beyond lay the capital of the Aguacaleyquen Indians, 

 also Timucua, and beyond that another river requiring another 

 bridge. Finding Indians numerous, and apparently threatening, 

 De Soto sent messengers to Moscoso from Aguacaleyquen, directing 

 him to come on with the rest of the army and on September 4 all 

 were reunited. The first river must have been the Santa Fe and the 

 second in all probability Olustee Creek. Neither of these would 

 ordinarily require bridges, but the narratives testify that the fall of 

 1539 was exceedingly rainy, and 3 days after leaving Aguacaleyquen 

 they were held up for 2 days at a town, which they named Many 

 Waters, on account of the excessive rainfall. On the way they 

 passed through another Timucua town called Uriutina, which prob- 

 ably stood near Lake City. Beyond Many Waters they came to a 

 town known as Napituca, where occurred a terrific battle with the 

 Indians. This is sometimes called the Battle of the Two Lakes, be- 

 cause the Indians when defeated took refuge in two small bodies of 

 water near by, where a part of them were forced to surrender. 



One day's journey from Napetaca brought them to the River of 

 the Deer, the Suwannee, and they were delayed another day building 

 a bridge on which they crossed September 25 and came to another 

 town of some importance called Ucachile, where they rested for 3 

 days. In 2 days more they reached Agile or Aucilla, the last town 

 in the Timucua country; on the day following they reached the 

 Aucilla River, where they began building another bridge; and on 

 October 3 they got across and spent the night at the Apalachee town 

 of Ibitachuco. The Apalachee Indians apparently retained unpleas- 

 ant memories of Narvaez and opposed this new Spanish army, but on 

 October 6 the latter reached Iniahica, which seems to have been 

 regarded as the principal Apalachee town. This was undoubtedly on 

 or close to the site occupied by the present capital of Florida, Talla- 

 hassee, and here the expedition spent the winter of 1539-1540. 



