The subsequent history of the original Indian tribes of Florida affords nothing of interest. Under the oppression of the Spanish dominion, many of them were destroyed, and others driven off, so that but few remained. Most of them seem to have been conquered, incorporated with the later Seminoles, and intermingled with fugitive negroes. The recent painful history of these we shall hereafter notice. The greater part have been removed across the Mississippi, by the United States government, and only a remnant are left to occupy what is now the Territory of Florida. FOOTNOTES: [4] See “Lives of Famous Indians.” [5] For an account of Cofachiqui, see “Lives of Famous Indians.” [6] See “Lives of Famous Indians.” THE INDIANS OF VIRGINIA. When the Europeans began their settlements in what is now the territory of the United States, the whole country was occupied by a great number of separate and independent tribes. Upon the investigation of their languages, it has been found that they consisted of a few great families, or nations, which have been thus distributed by learned writers. The _Algonquins_, or _Chippewas_, were spread over the entire continent east of the Mississippi and north of Cape Hatteras, with the exception of the regions inhabited by the _Esquimaux_, far to the north, and the territory claimed by the _Hurons_, or _Wyandots_. This latter family, which included the _Iroquois_, or _Six Nations_, spread themselves over the space now occupied by New York, a part of Ohio, and the whole of Upper Canada. The _Mobilian_, or _Florida_ nations, included the tribes south of Cape Fear and west of the Mississippi, excepting the _Natchez_, inhabiting the country around the modern city of that name, and the _Uchees_, who held the country contiguous to the present town of Augusta, in Georgia. The _Cherokees_, _Tuscaroras_, and _Catawbas_, three considerable nations, occupied the territory of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Tennessee. The _Sioux_, or _Dahcotahs_, dwelt along the western borders of the Mississippi. These families, or nations, as we have already said, were broken into a multitude of distinct tribes, each having, for the most part, its particular dialect, and carrying on war against every other tribe. In some instances, several tribes were confederated together, either for the purposes of defence or aggression. Their whole number has been variously estimated, but it probably did not exceed 500,000 at the time of the settlement at Jamestown, in 1607.