 As Mocama was spoken across the area, the Spanish came to refer to it as the Mocama Province, and incorporated it into their mission system.It was one of the four provinces that made up the bulk of the Spanish mission effort in the region, the others being the Timucua Province (covering the Timucua groups to the west of the St. Johns River), the Guale Province, and the Apalachee Province.The Spanish founded three major missions in the Mocama Province