What was the Apalachee population before European contact?


There has been a human presence in Franklin County for thousands of years.

From at least A.D. 1000, a group of farming Indians known as the Apalachee lived in northwest Florida. Their territory extended from the Aucilla River to the east and the Ochlockonee River to the west, and from what is now the Georgia state line to the Gulf of Mexico. Prior to European contact, there were at least 50,000-60,000 Apalachees. They were a strong and powerful tribe living in widely dispersed villages. Other tribes respected the Apalachees because they belonged to an advanced Indian civilization, they were prosperous, and they were fierce warriors.

For food, they grew corn, beans and squash. Men prepared the fields and women tended the crops. Men also hunted bear, deer and small game, while women gathered nuts and berries. Traditionally the men wore deerskin loincloths and women wore Spanish moss skirts. When preparing for battle, the men painted their bodies with red ochre and put feathers in their hair.

The Apalachees played a ball game that was a religious exercise as well as a sport. One village would challenge another to a match, and the two teams would have up to 100 players each. They used a hard clay ball about the size of a golf ball covered with buckskin. Players propelled the ball with their feet toward the goal post which was a pole topped with a stuffed eagle in a nest. They played the ball game in the spring and summer, and dedicated it to the gods of rain and thunder to ensure rain for their crops.

One feature of Apalachee society was their large ceremonial mounds. The largest prehistoric Apalachee settlement at Lake Jackson north of Tallahassee originally consisted of seven large earthen mounds. Some of the mounds had structures on top, and it is generally believed that the largest mound within a complex was the site of the chief’s house.

The Apalachee of northwest Florida were among the first indigenous North Americans encountered by European explorers. In 1539, Hernando de Soto wintered in Apalachee Province. His expedition members stayed in the sixteenth century Apalachee capital village called Anhaica. They received a hostile reception and were under almost constant attack from the Apalachees. The European presence eventually took its toll on the Apalachees from continual skirmishes and, eventually, contagious diseases that were introduced by the explorers. When epidemics and the threat of foreign attacks brought about a loss of faith in the traditional customs and leadership, the Apalachees converted to Catholicism. Anhaica, became one of the first missions established in Apalachee Province by Spanish Franciscan priests around 1633. It eventually relocated to present day Tallahassee and renamed San Luis de Talimali. In 1704 the mission system collapsed under the weight of British attacks. Many of the Apalachee who survived moved northwest to French-held Mobile, an area encompassing what are now southeastern Mississippi and southwestern Alabama.

Time passed and these descendants of Mission San Luis disappeared from American history books for the next 200 hundred years. However, about 300 Apalachee descendants—today the only known descendants of Florida’s original inhabitants—have survived. They currently live in Louisiana and are seeking state and federal recognition as the Talimali Band of the Apalachee Indians of Louisiana, Inc. Apalachee people remember their collective past while planning for the future, secure in the knowledge of who they are and from whence they came.
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europea sampark se pehle apalachi aabaadi kya thi?


franklin county main hajaaron varshon se ek maanviya upasthiti rahi he.

kam se kam A.D. 1000 se, kheti bharatiyon kaa ek samooh jise apalachi ke naam se janaa jaataa he, vah uttar pashchimi florida main rahata tha.unka kshetra ousila nadi se purv main or ochloconi nadi se pashchim tak badha, or ab georgia rajya rekha se mexico kii khadi tak he.europea sampark se pehle, kam se kam 50,000-60,000 aplachi the.ve vyapak rup se bikhare hue gaanvon main rahane vaale ek majboot or shaktishaalee janajati the.anya janajatiyon ne apalachi kaa sammaan kiya kyonki ve ek unnat bhartiya sabhyataa se sambandhit the, ve samrudh the, or ve ugr yoddha the.

bhojan ke liye, ve makai, beans or squash bade.purushon ne kheton ko taiyaar kiya or mahilaon ne fasalon ko jhukaa diya.purushon ne bhaaluu, hiran or chote khel kaa bhi shikaar kiya, jabaki mahilaon ne nat or jamun ikattha kiya.paramparaagat rup se purushon ne deruskin loincloth pahane the or mahilaon ne spanish moss skirt pahani thi.ladaai kii taiyaari karte samay, purushon ne apane sharir ko laal geru ke saath chitrit kiya or apane baalo main pankh lagaae.

Apalachees ne ek gend kaa khel khelaa jo ek dharmik abhyaas ke saath -saath ek khel bhi tha.ek gaanv ek match ke liye duusare ko chunauti degaa, or donon tiimon ke paas prayek 100 khilaadi honge.unhone ek golf gend ke aakaar ke bare main ek kathor mitti kii gend kaa istemaal kiya, jo baskin ke saath cover kiya gaya tha.khilaadiyon ne gend ko apane pairon ke saath gol post kii ore badhaayaa, jo ek ghonsle main ek bharwaan eagle ke saath ek pole tha.unhone vasant or garmiyon main gend kaa khel khelaa, or apni fasalon ke liye barish sunishchit karne ke liye barish or gadgadaahat ke devataaon ko samarpit kiya.

aplachi samaaj kii ek visheshta unke bade aupchaarik tile the.talhasi ke uttar main lake jackson lake jackson main sabase bada pragaitihaasik apalachi basti mul rup se saat bade mitti ke tile shaamil the.kuch tile main sheersh par sanrachanaayen thim, or yah aamtaur par mana jaataa he ki ek parisar ke bheetar sabase bada tila pramukh ke ghar kaa sthal tha.

northwest florida ke aplachi europea khojakartaaon dwaara saamana kiye gaye pehle swadeshi uttari americanyon main se the.1539 main, harnando di soto ne aplachi praant main sardi di.unke abhiyaan ke sadsy solahavin shatabdi ke aplachi capital gaanv main anhika naamak rahe.unhen ek shatrutapurna resepshan mila or apalakiyon se lagbhag lagaataar hamale the.europea upasthiti ne antat lagaataar jhadpon se apalachi par apana toll le liya or antat, sankramak rog jo khojakartaaon dwaara pesh kiye gaye the.jab mahamari or videshi hamalon ke khatre ne paaramparik reeti -rivaajon or netritv main vishwaas kii haani ke bare main bataaya, to apalaches catholic dharm main parivartit ho gaye.Anhaica, 1633 ke aasapaas spanish franciscan pujaariyon dwaara aplachi praant main sthapit pehle mishnon main se ek ban gaya. yah antat vartmaan ke talhasi ko vartmaan main sthanantarit kar diya or san louis di talimali kaa naam badal diya.1704 main mishan pranali british hamalon ke vajan ke tahat gir gai.apalachi main se kai jo uttar-pashchim main french-yojit mobile main chale gaye, ek aisa kshetra jo ab dakshin-purvi mississippi or dakshin-pashchimi albama hai.

samay biit gaya or mishan san louis ke ye vanshaj agle 200 sau varshon ke liye america itihaas kii kitabon se gaayab ho gaye.haalanki, lagbhag 300 aplachi vanshaj -florida ke mul nivaasiyon ke ekmaatr gyaat vanshajon ko tod karte hai - batch gaye hai.ve vartmaan main louiciana main rahete hai or louiciana ke aplachi indiens ke talimali band ke rup main rajya or sangheey manyata kii maang kar rahe hai..
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europea sampark se pehle apalachi aabaadi kam se kam 50,000-60,000 thi.
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europea sampark se pehle apalachi aabaadi kya thi?


franklin county main hajaaron varshon se ek maanviya upasthiti rahi he.

kam se kam A.D. 1000 se, kheti bharatiyon kaa ek samooh jise apalachi ke naam se janaa jaataa he, vah uttar pashchimi florida main rahata tha.unka kshetra ousila nadi se purv main or ochloconi nadi se pashchim tak badha, or ab georgia rajya rekha se mexico kii khadi tak he.europea sampark se pehle, kam se kam 50,000-60,000 aplachi the.ve vyapak rup se bikhare hue gaanvon main rahane vaale ek majboot or shaktishaalee janajati the.anya janajatiyon ne apalachi kaa sammaan kiya kyonki ve ek unnat bhartiya sabhyataa se sambandhit the, ve samrudh the, or ve ugr yoddha the.

bhojan ke liye, ve makai, beans or squash bade.purushon ne kheton ko taiyaar kiya or mahilaon ne fasalon ko jhukaa diya.purushon ne bhaaluu, hiran or chote khel kaa bhi shikaar kiya, jabaki mahilaon ne nat or jamun ikattha kiya.paramparaagat rup se purushon ne deruskin loincloth pahane the or mahilaon ne spanish moss skirt pahani thi.ladaai kii taiyaari karte samay, purushon ne apane sharir ko laal geru ke saath chitrit kiya or apane baalo main pankh lagaae.

Apalachees ne ek gend kaa khel khelaa jo ek dharmik abhyaas ke saath -saath ek khel bhi tha.ek gaanv ek match ke liye duusare ko chunauti degaa, or donon tiimon ke paas prayek 100 khilaadi honge.unhone ek golf gend ke aakaar ke bare main ek kathor mitti kii gend kaa istemaal kiya, jo baskin ke saath cover kiya gaya tha.khilaadiyon ne gend ko apane pairon ke saath gol post kii ore badhaayaa, jo ek ghonsle main ek bharwaan eagle ke saath ek pole tha.unhone vasant or garmiyon main gend kaa khel khelaa, or apni fasalon ke liye barish sunishchit karne ke liye barish or gadgadaahat ke devataaon ko samarpit kiya.

aplachi samaaj kii ek visheshta unke bade aupchaarik tile the.talhasi ke uttar main lake jackson lake jackson main sabase bada pragaitihaasik apalachi basti mul rup se saat bade mitti ke tile shaamil the.kuch tile main sheersh par sanrachanaayen thim, or yah aamtaur par mana jaataa he ki ek parisar ke bheetar sabase bada tila pramukh ke ghar kaa sthal tha.

northwest florida ke aplachi europea khojakartaaon dwaara saamana kiye gaye pehle swadeshi uttari americanyon main se the.1539 main, harnando di soto ne aplachi praant main sardi di.unke abhiyaan ke sadsy solahavin shatabdi ke aplachi capital gaanv main anhika naamak rahe.unhen ek shatrutapurna resepshan mila or apalakiyon se lagbhag lagaataar hamale the.europea upasthiti ne antat lagaataar jhadpon se apalachi par apana toll le liya or antat, sankramak rog jo khojakartaaon dwaara pesh kiye gaye the.jab mahamari or videshi hamalon ke khatre ne paaramparik reeti -rivaajon or netritv main vishwaas kii haani ke bare main bataaya, to apalaches catholic dharm main parivartit ho gaye.Anhaica, 1633 ke aasapaas spanish franciscan pujaariyon dwaara aplachi praant main sthapit pehle mishnon main se ek ban gaya. yah antat vartmaan ke talhasi ko vartmaan main sthanantarit kar diya or san louis di talimali kaa naam badal diya.1704 main mishan pranali british hamalon ke vajan ke tahat gir gai.apalachi main se kai jo uttar-pashchim main french-yojit mobile main chale gaye, ek aisa kshetra jo ab dakshin-purvi mississippi or dakshin-pashchimi albama hai.

samay biit gaya or mishan san louis ke ye vanshaj agle 200 sau varshon ke liye america itihaas kii kitabon se gaayab ho gaye.haalanki, lagbhag 300 aplachi vanshaj -florida ke mul nivaasiyon ke ekmaatr gyaat vanshajon ko tod karte hai - batch gaye hai.ve vartmaan main louiciana main rahete hai or louiciana ke aplachi indiens ke talimali band ke rup main rajya or sangheey manyata kii maang kar rahe hai..</s>
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europea sampark se pehle apalachi aabaadi kam se kam 50,000-60,000 thi.</s>
