Amacano people

The Amacanos were a native American people who lived in the vicinity of Apalachee Province in Spanish Florida during the 17th century.

[1] Michael Gannon says the Amacanos lived west of Apalachee Province, as do John Hann and Bonnie McEwan (1998) and Joseph Hall.

Jerald T. Milanich suggests that the Amacanos were from the lower Withlacoochee River in west central Florida north of Tampa Bay.

John Worth suggests that the Amacano lived along the Florida coast between the Aucilla river and Tampa Bay.

[5][6][7] By 1637 the Amacano were reported to be living west of Apalachee Province, at the mouth of the Apalachicola river.

[12] A mission dedicated to St. Peter the Apostle (San Pedro) was founded in Chaccabi in April, 1674, to serve the Amacano, Chine, and Pacara people of the town, who were gradually being converted to Christianity.

The three peoples of Chaccabi had apparently moved to a new site known as "the place of the Chines" by the next year, when Gabriel Díaz Vara Calderón, bishop of Santiago de Cuba, founded the mission of Assumpcíon del Puerto on February 2, 1675 to serve them.