FDI - Guale

The Guale were a sedentary coastal hunter/farmer nation. They were settled along the Georgia coast from St. Andrews Sound to the Savannah River. They were essentially destroyed in conflicts with other tribes and in the Yamasee War. The survivors formed a component of the Creek Confederacy.

Aboriginal Locations: Subdivisions (Villages)

GA Northern (14), Central (11), Southern (11), unknown affiliation (10)

Year	*History*
1526	Last Ayllon settlement was in or near Guale country
1562	Visited by Huguenots from Port Royal Jesuit missionary work began
1597	Insurrection killed all missionaries but one
1601	Attacked by Florida and severely defeated
1608	Insurrection
1645	Insurrection
1661	Attacks from northern tribes
1680	Attacks from northern tribes
1686	Surviving Guale escaped inland or moved to San Pedro, Santa Maria, and San Juan Islands; others went to South Carolina
1699	Visited by Dickenson
1702	General insurrection, joined Yamasee
1715	Yamasee War, most joined Muskogee forming the Creek Confederacy
1726	Last word of Guale at St. Augustine

Year	Total Pop.	FL	GA	Source
1650	4,000		4,000	Swanton estimate
1700	500	500		NAHDB calculation
1800	0			NAHDB calculation
1900	0			NAHDB calculation
2000	0			NAHDB calculation

Guale Sites:

Chocolate Plantation http://www.yahoolavista.com/sapeloisland/tabby-ruins/

Creation Myths and Legends of the Creek Indians http://www.upf.com/Spring2002/grantham.html

Creek Indians http://roadsidegeorgia.com/links/american_indians/creek

Creek Indians http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/creek_indians.html

Creek Indians http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/creek.htm

Creek Indian Tribe http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/creek/creekhist.htm

Creek Language http://www.tfn.net/Museum/language.html

Creek Language Archive http://www.wm.edu/linguistics/creek/

Creek Nation http://ngeorgia.com/history/creek.html

Creek Nation http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/nations/itcreek/itcreek.html

Creek People http://www.angelfire.com/realm/shades/nativeamericans/creek.htm

Creek People http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creek_(people)

Creek (people) http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761551775/Creek_(people).html

Fort Morris State Park http://www.cr.nps.gov/goldcres/sites/morris.htm

Fray Andres de San Miguel http://www.upf.com/Spring2001/hann.html

Guale http://www.angelfire.com/realm/shades/nativeamericans/guale.htm

Guale Indian Tribe http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/georgia/gualeindianhist.htm

Indian Tribe History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/indiantribe.htm

Muskogee Language (Creek) http://www.native-languages.org/muskogee.htm

Muskokee (Creek) Literature http://www.indians.org/welker/creek.htm

Santa Catalina de Guale http://darientel.net/~schoettl/martyrs/StCath/

Sapelo Island Reserve http://nerrs.noaa.gov/SapeloIsland/History.html

*Ethnie:*	GUALE
*Language:*	Muskogee
*Family:*	Muskogee
*Stock:*	Muskogee
*Phylum:*	Algic
*Macro-Culture:*	Eastern Woodlands
Speakers	None