In 1513
Juan Ponce De Le�n Was
The First European Man
To Visit
The Miami Area
By Sailing Into Biscayne Bay
He Wrote
In His Journal That He Reached Chequescha
Which Was Miami's First Recorded Name
But It
Is Unknown Whether Or Not He Came Ashore Or Made Contact With
The Natives
Pedro Men�ndez De Avil�s
And His Men Made
The First Recorded Landing
In This Area When They Visited
The Tequesta Settlement
In 1566 While Looking
For Avil�s' Missing Son
Who Had Been Shipwrecked
A Year Earlier
Spanish Soldiers
Led
By Father Francisco Villareal
Built
A Jesuit Mission At
The Mouth Of
The Miami River
A Year Later
But
It Was Short-lived
By 1570
The Jesuits Decided
To Look
For More Willing Subjects Outside Of Florida
After
The Spaniards Left
The Tequesta Indians Were Left
To Fight European-introduced Diseases
Such
As Smallpox
Without European Help
Wars With Other Tribes Greatly Weakened Their Population
And They Were Easily Defeated By
The Creek Indians
In Later Battles
By 1711
The Tequesta Had Sent
A Couple Of Local Chiefs
To Havana
To Ask If They Could Migrate There
The Spanish Sent Two Ships
To Help Them
But Their Illnesses Struck
Killing Most Of Their Population
In 1743
The Spaniards Sent Another Mission
To Biscayne Bay
Where They Built
A Fort
And Church
The Missionary Priests Proposed
A Permanent Settlement
Where
The Spanish Settlers Would Raise Food For
The Soldiers
And Native Americans
However
The Proposal Was Rejected
As Impractical And
The Mission Was Withdrawn Before
The End Of
The Year
. .
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