Napituca

Napituca was a town in the Timucua country of northern Florida. In September 1539 Hernando de Soto's expedition reached it while travelling toward Apalachee. Timucua warriors resisted the invaders, but the Spaniards defeated them and executed many captives in what became known as the Napituca massacre. The expedition continued westward through a landscape of villages and fields, leaving violence in its wake.