Malapaz

Malapaz was a town in the country of the Potano, a Timucua-speaking people of northern Florida. Hernando de Soto's army passed through it in 1539 as it marched north through a succession of Native settlements. The name, Spanish for “bad peace,” recalls an encounter between the Potano and the intruders. From Malapaz the expedition went on to Cholupaha, where the abundance of maize led the Spaniards to give the place another name, Villafarta.