![]() ![]() ![]() The Marquis de Lafayette, French hero of the American Revolution, returned for a tour of the United States in 1824. From 1821 through 1845 the rough-hewn frontier capital gradually grew into a town during Florida’s territorial period. In 1824 the third legislative session met there in a crude log capitol. Two appointed commissioners selected Tallahassee, at that point an abandoned Apalachee settlement, as a halfway point. During this session, it was decided that future meetings should be held at a half-way point. Augustine and required western delegates to travel perilously around the peninsula on a twenty-eight day trek. Augustine traveled fifty-nine days by water to attend. The first session of Florida’s Legislative Council-as a territory of the United States-met on Jat Pensacola and members from St. Augustine and Pensacola, which had been the capitals of the Spanish colonies of East Florida and West Florida. It was chosen as it was roughly equidistant from St. According to Jackson’s adjutant, Colonel Robert Butler, they “advanced on the Indian village called Tallahasse (sic) two of the enemy were made prisoner.” Tallahassee became the capital of Florida during the second legislative session. The Indians later retaliated, by killing 50 soldiers and civilians. Jackson responded by entering the village, burning it to the ground, and driving off its occupants. Chief Neamathla, of the village of Fowltown, just west of present day Tallahassee had refused Jackson’s orders to relocate. The first battle took place on November 12, 1817. During the First Seminole War, General Andrew Jackson fought two separate skirmishes in and around Tallahassee. The DeSoto encampment is believed to be the first place Christmas was celebrated in the continental United States. Based on archaeological excavations this site is now known to be located about 0.5 miles (800 m) east of the present Florida State Capitol. Hernando de Soto and his expedition occupied the Apalachee town of Anhaica in what is now Tallahassee in the winter of 1538–1539. The expedition of Panfilo de Narvaez encountered the Apalachees, although it did not reach the site of Tallahassee. Earlier, the Mississippian Indians built mounds near Lake Jackson around AD 1200, which survive today in the Lake Jackson Archaeological State Park. They found large areas of cleared land previously occupied by the Apalachee tribe. The name “Tallahassee” is a Muskogean Indian word often translated as “old fields”, and it likely stems from the Creek (later called Seminole) Indians who migrated from Georgia and Alabama to this region in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The largest, Mission San Luis de Apalachee, has been partially reconstructed by the state of Florida. During the 17th century several Spanish missions were established in the territory of the Apalachee to procure food and labor for the colony at St. ![]()
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