Chatot

The Chatot, also known as the Chacato, lived west of the Apalachicola River in the wooded country of the Florida panhandle. Their villages lay near the Chipola and the rivers flowing toward Choctawhatchee Bay. Spanish accounts describe them alongside their Apalachicola and Apalachee neighbours, with whom they alternately fought and made peace.

After requests for missionaries, the Spanish established two missions among the Chacato in 1674: San Carlos and San Nicolás de Tolentino. A revolt followed in 1675, and many Chacato moved toward the Apalachee mission of San Luis. Near the end of the century, raiders attacked San Carlos and carried away dozens of its inhabitants. Further warfare scattered the communities again; some sought refuge near the French settlement at Mobile. When the British acquired West Florida in 1763, some Chacato moved west to Louisiana.