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near an affluent of Red River. The remnant probably combined with 

 the other Caddo and followed their fortunes. The vocabulary of their 

 language, fortunately preserved by Sibley, shows that it differed 

 widely from the rest of the Caddo dialects. 



Adai population. — Bienville reported 50 warriors in 1700, but twice 

 as many in 1718. In 1721 the reestablished mission was said to serve 

 400 Indians. Sibley reported 20 men in 1805, but the proportion of 

 women was much greater. In 1825 there were said to be 27. I esti- 

 mate a maximum population of about 400. 



AGUACALEYQUEN 



See Utina, page 201. 



AIS 



A tribe located on Indian River, Fla. Pedro Menendez visited 

 them in 1565 and before departing established 200 of his men on the 

 lagoon three leagues from the Ais town. During the winter they 

 got into difficulties with the Indians and moved south to the neigh- 

 borhood of St. Lucie River, where lived the Guacata (q. v.), who were 

 more friendly to them and acquired at this time the name of the 

 mission, Santa Lucia. Fontaneda mentions the tribe in his Memoir. 

 In 1570, or shortly before, there was war between the Spaniards and 

 Ais, since we learn of peace being concluded that year. In 1597 

 Governor Mendez de Cango on his way from the head of the Florida 

 Keys to St. Augustine, met the Ais chief, who had with him 15 canoes 

 and more than 80 followers. At the chief's request, the Governor 

 afterward sent an interpreter and two Indians to explain his wishes 

 to the Ais Indians. When these emissaries were killed by the latter, 

 Cango exacted a summary revenge which had an immediate quiet- 

 ing effect upon them. Later, trouble arose in consequence of the 

 escape of two Negro slaves and their marriage with Ais women. 

 They were finally recovered, however, and the Ais chief came to 

 St. Augustine the same year with 24 warriors to offer his services 

 against the French and English. Promise was extended that a young 

 Spaniard would be sent to learn the Ais language, but it is doubtful 

 if this was ever done. In 1609 the principal chief of the Ais visited 

 St. Augustine, and several minor chiefs of the southeast coast were 

 baptized. In 1703 an attempt was made to "reduce" these Indians 

 to the Roman Catholic faith, though there is no evidence that it was 

 carried through. In 1699 the Quaker Dickenson, who had been ship- 

 wrecked near Jupiter Inlet, passed through the Ais territory, and he 

 gives a very good account of its inhabitants. Romans states that 

 the last of the Calusa Indians, consisting of 80 families, crossed to 

 Havana after the cession of Florida to Great Britain in 1763, but it 



