Hostilities continued 284 CHAPTER XXI. Close of the War 308 CHAPTER XXII. History of Exiles continued 317 CHAPTER XXIII. The re-union and final Exodus 323 THE EXILES OF FLORIDA. CHAPTER I. CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING THE EARLY HISTORY OF SLAVERY IN THE COLONIES. Settlement of Florida--Boundaries of Carolina--Enslaving Indians--They flee from their Masters--Africans follow the example--Spanish policy in regard to Fugitive Slaves--Carolina demands the surrender of Exiles--Florida refuses--Colony of Georgia established--Its object--Exiles called Seminoles--Slavery Introduced Into Georgia--Seminole Indians separate from Creeks--Slaves escape from Georgia--Report of Committee of Safety--Report of General Lee--Treaty of Augusta--Treaty of Galphinton--Singular conduct of Georgia--War between Creeks and Georgia--Resolution of Congress--Treaty of Shoulderbone--Hostilities continue--Georgia calls on United States for assistance--Commissioners sent to negotiate Treaty--Failure--Col. Willett's mission--Chiefs, head men and Warriors repair to New York--Treaty formed--Secret article--Extraordinary covenants. Florida was originally settled by Spaniards, in 1558. They were the first people to engage in the African Slave trade, and sought to supply other nations with servants from the coast of Guinea. The Colonists held many slaves, expecting to accumulate wealth by the unrequited toil of their fellow-man. [Sidenote: 1630.] [Sidenote: 1700.] Carolina by her first and second charters claimed a vast extent of country, embracing St. Augustine and most of Florida. This conflict of jurisdiction soon involved the Colonists in hostilities. The Carolinians also held many slaves. Profiting by the labor of her servants, the people sought to increase their wealth by enslaving the Indians who resided in their vicinity. Hence in the early slave codes of that colony we find reference to "negro and _other_ slaves." When the boundaries of Florida and South Carolina became established, the Colonists found themselves separated by the territory now constituting, the State of Georgia, at that time mostly occupied by the Creek Indians. The efforts of the Carolinians to enslave the Indians, brought with them the natural and appropriate penalties. The Indians soon began to make their escape from service to the Indian country. This example was soon followed by the African slaves, who also fled to the Indian country, and, in order to secure themselves from pursuit, continued their journey into Florida.