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The Chiaha, as already stated, may have included the Chalahume 

 village and Satapo may have belonged to the Koasati. Coosa is the 

 well known ancient "capital" of the Upper Creeks, and Tascalusa was 

 chief of the Mobile. Guasili may have been a Cherokee settlement 

 and the name Tanasqui would tend toward a similar classification for 

 that town except that we do not know that Tanasi' was originally a 

 Cherokee name. In fact, I am inclined to regard it as derived from 

 Creek or possibly Yuchi. The word Canasoga seems to be from Creek. 

 We have seen that there was a Spanish period in the histories of 

 Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and even North Carolina, and we 

 have to add a Spanish period in the history of Virginia, though it is 

 brief and tragic. During Angel de Villafafie's expedition to Santa 

 Elena in 1561, he ran as far up the coast as Hatteras and sent one of his 

 captains named Velasquez to reconnoiter to the northward. Velasquez, 

 with whom there were some Dominican friars, entered Chesapeake 

 Bay and discovered an Indian "province" to which the name Axacan 

 was given, the bay being called Santa Maria de Axacan, and he 

 brought back with him the young brother of the chief. This Indian 

 was taken to Mexico and made such a good impression upon the Viceroy, 

 Luis de Velasco, that the latter gave him his own name and he is always 

 called Don Luis. In 1566, intrigued by the idea that there was a pas- 

 sage to the Pacific in the neighborhood of Axacan, Menendez sent a 

 captain with 30 soldiers accompanied by two Dominican friars and 

 the Indian Don Luis to form a settlement there. Either because they 

 had no mind to the enterprise or on account of unfavorable weather — 

 it is difficult to tell in such cases whether we are dealing with reasons 

 or excuses — they proceeded to Spain. There Don Luis secured the 

 good will and patronage of Philip II, returned to Havana with 

 some Dominicans, and a little later joined a body of Jesuits under 

 Father Segura who were about to proceed to his homeland. They sailed 

 August 5, 1570, and after a stormy passage entered Chesapeake Bay, 

 probably on September 11, ascended it, and reached the province of 

 Axacan, where they found that a drought of 6 years' duration followed 

 by a famine had decimated the inhabitants. All but some of the 

 older people h'ad left the country and there was little food to be had. 

 The vessel that had brought the missionaries was obliged to return at 

 once, but the latter urged the necessity of sending another not later 

 than March of the ensuing year. During the winter, however, Don 

 Luis abandoned them to return to his own people and in February 

 1571, he brought about the murder of all the whites except a little boy 

 named Alonso, who was saved by Don Luis' brother. When the relief 

 ship appeared, the Indians endeavored to entice some of its occupants 

 ashore, but the meditated treachery was suspected, and after an un- 

 successful attack upon the vessel, it sailed away carrying along 



