Chine people

[3] Chaccabi had a mission founded in April, 1674, dedicated to St. Peter the Apostle (San Pedro), to serve the Chine, Amacano, 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.

The mission, identified as "Assumpcíon de Nuestra Señora", was reported to have 300 residents in 1675, which may be an undercount.

A search party, led by Juan Enríquez Barroto, left San Marcos in 1686, using Chine pilots because they were familiar with the coast as far west as Mobile Bay.

In 1693, Laureano de Torres y Ayala, governor of Spanish Florida, led an expedition by boat along the coast from San Marcos to Mobile Bay.

[d][10] In 1702, the Chines were listed as heathens living in Apalachee Province, along with Amacano, Savacola, Chatot, Tabasa, and Catase (Ocatase) people.