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Chief Hirrihigua’s Daughter Saves Spanish Captive Juan Ortiz
The Tocobaga built a life on Tampa Bay’s shores for 600 years.
They ate well from the water’s gifts – oysters, fish, and clams – plus deer and wild plants from the land.
But in 1528, Spanish explorer Narváez showed up with 300 men and lots of hate. He cut off the chief’s nose and fed tribe members to dogs…