Spanish conquistadors wiped out Tampa Bay’s ancient Native American civilizations in 150 years of torture and disease

Wikimedia Commons/Smillie, James, 1807-1885, engraver. Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875, artist.

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The Spanish Conquest That Erased Tampa Bay’s Tribes

Tampa Bay’s beautiful beaches hide the ruins of a lost world.

For eight hundred years, the Tocobaga, Uzita, Mocoso, and Pohoy peoples built thriving towns with temple mounds and central plazas along these shores…

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