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@@TwoEggTV my pleasure

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All within a ten year period, different explorers recorded contact with the Chiloki people , Maroons/Black Seminoles/Free men , in the same proximity of the ancient kingdom of the Timicua 🤔 The Timicua are said to be of the same stock as the Apalachee who are kin to the Hitchiti /Seminole/Chickasaw etc . Could the renamed African Americans of this area be the descendants of these people? My Great Great Grandfather (Thomas Gaines) was born in Decatur County Georgia in 1825 . Listed as Mulatto on the census . NO records of slavery anywhere . We have always lived close to the Flint River . # The pen is mightier than the sword.

We like Fort Pickens, Fort Taylor, Fort DeSoto, Fort Matanzas and many others. We picked our top five, but I'm sure we will do five more soon.

@@TwoEggTV I've visited most of them ..Jefferson is on the list..takes planning to see it 👍

@@piratepete842 Yes, it does! It is worth it, though. Just the trip out is worth the effort.

Yes, he did. He passed at the Little White House.

@@TwoEggTV And he was there to see his Mistress.

Well, at least the people there have optimism and work hard to improve their community.

It is on top of a prehistoric Native American mound so there will be no digging there. There are discussions of how to create an adjacent exhibit to help people visualize and learn more about it.

​@@TwoEggTVHave you considered looking for Fort Scott on the Flint, or is the site now under Lake Seminole?

@@bingram1973ify We have visited Fort Scott a number of times. We did one program on it about 7 years ago and are working on a new one now. Here is our earlier program and we will send out a notice when our new one is ready next month. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h9ZnoNar0Km5daM.htmlsi=3foqg7d-UJc2H_Fp

That is one of the great things about Apalachicola. We love the Blue Parrott, too! It is classic Florida!

I hope that seeing a glimpse of its good side now and then does your heart some good!

We do use more of a "Shhh" pronunciation, which is the same way it is pronounced in Louisiana. I've heard the harder "Ch" sound on parts of the river as well. The name means "place where the water sinks" (more or less) in the ancient Chacato language. Claims that it comes from the Choctaw word for "Sweetwater" are incorrect. I definitely wouldn't drink from it without some filtration or purification tabs today! Lol.

@@TwoEggTV Until you mentioned it, I did not know there was a Chipola, LA.

@@christosvoskresye Interesting, isn't it? The last remnants of the Chacato people moved from the Dog River area on the southern edge of Mobile out to Louisiana and took some of their names with them. Accordingly, Chipola popped up on the Louisiana map. That's actually how I found out the true meaning of the word. I traced down the handful of descendants still living in Louisiana and learned from them. It is difficult to translate into English, so it is an approximation.

@@TwoEggTV Like I mentioned before, there's a Eufala, OK. It's easy to guess the sad history behind that. One day I'll have to look up the history behind the many Miami's.

@@TwoEggTV By the way, the natural bridge phenomenon tying into the name makes sense. And yet ... sweetwater fits, too. I say that as someone who has tasted the raw river. Maybe the name did not ORIGINATE as meaning sweetwater, but the punning logic reinforced the name.

Yes, the sandstone is very unique to find that far south. There are some caves down on Holmes Creek as well. I don't know if you have visited those?

We are aware that these are not new in general. When we say that new tech was used in this project, we are referring to the type of GPR. The GPR used at the fort was so developmental that it had never been tried in North America and was literally unpackaged straight from the manufacturer on-site. It is so sensitive that it was able to "see" nearly 3-meters into the ground in remarkable detail. The difference between this project and a previous attempt at the site is stunning. Based on what we saw here, GPR technology is about to take a step forward that is going to stun archaeologists. Thanks for the opportunity to discuss the tech used at Chattahoochee!

Digging is not allowed at the site because it is on top of a prehistoric Native American mound. However, once the technology revealed what they were, the exterior of the fort walls are now clearly visible.

You are very welcome. The exhibits about polio in the museum by the springs are very well done and provide a good history of both its general history and the spring pools as well. You reminded me to read the book!

@@TwoEggTV I'd known of the history of Warm Springs and saw videos of FDR being there from the Ken Burns' "The Roosevelts" documentary, but was not aware that one could visit it until your video. I thank-you, I shall have to schedule a visit with some of my family this year.

Ground penetrating radar has been around a long time. This particular unit, however, is a newly advanced type that has never been used in North America.

Lol. It can do it!

And Native American, since Spain considered everything inland beyond the tidal influence on the rivers to belong to the Creek and Seminole Indians.

@@TwoEggTV Well, the Seminoles and the runaway African slaves aided Spain to crush the pro-American Patriot war, which was a separatist attempt by American immigrants supported by the militias of the state of Georgia and the US Marines who intended to declare independence from Spain and request annexation to the USA similar to what had happened in West Florida in 1810 and what would happen in the future in Texas.

@@elmaje9119 This is true, although in the East Florida areas where much of the Patriot War was taking place, much of the land that the "Patriots" were trying to seize was within the range of tidal influence on the St. Marys and St. Johns Rivers. And the Seminoles and Maroons most definitely aided Spain in crushing the ill-fated American intervention. In West Florida, a different situation developed when WIlliam Augustus Bowles and the State of Muskogee - which was supported by the Miccosukee, Tallahassee Talofa, and other Seminole towns - declared war on Spain and seized San Marcos de Apalache. Bowles also commissioned a fleet of privateers flying the flag of the State of Muskogee to sail the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean and destroy Spanish shipping. The Seminole and Miccosukee in West Florida had made peace with Spain by the time of the Seminole Wars in 1817, though.

@@TwoEggTV Alachua Seminole decided to back the Spanish, concluding that while the Spaniards would not seek to encroach upon their lands, the Anglo-Americans, in contrast, likely would, soon or later, George Mathews,' black interpreter, a slave called Tony Proctor, had escaped his servitude and sought refuge with the Seminole. He confirmed their worst suspicions about the Anglo-Americans ultimate designs upon their territory.

Some of them may have been. The unpublished military version of the 1778 Purcell-Stuart Map shows a large "Negro Town" or Maroon Village on the West Bank of the Flint just downstream from Ocklafunee Town, which was on the east bank at the mouth of Four Mile Creek. These may have been the same Maroons reported as being on the Flint in 1765, although it should be noted that there was a second Maroon town higher up the river near today's Albany. By 1813, this town from the lower Flint was just below Ocheesee Talofa on the West Bank of the Apalachicola River. They were visited by Captain George Woodbine of the British Marines and agreed to join his forces. Other Maroons making up the Colonial Marines came from as far away as St. Augustine, New Orleans, Pensacola, the Creek Nation, and even Virginia. In the appendices of my book, "The Fort at Prospect Bluff," I include a list of all of the names and origins of those I have been able to identify so far, along with their fates.

​@@TwoEggTV Along with their "assumed" fates. Many of them just moved on to friendlier regions and were reabsorbed into other cultures. Records never have the last say.

@@dadevi That is true. In this case, I was dealing with a specific set of identifiable people, so I was able to trace them and their fates. Of Nicolls' battalion of Colonial Marines, two companies (and their families) were evacuated to Trinidad (with a few exceptions who went to Canada first and then later to Trinidad). Around 60 men died or were mortally wounded in the explosion of the fort at Prospect Bluff. Eleven were captured and taken to Fort Scott in Georgia by the U.S. Army. A handful of badly wounded were rescued and taken to Spanish Bluff on the Apalachicola River by local residents. Some evacuated to Nero's Town on the Suwannee River prior to the attack. And some managed to slip through the lines and hide in the swamps nearby until the U.S. Army and Navy withdrew after the battle. They were then carried to the Suwannee by Capt. Woodbine when he returned to the site in September 1816.

Yes, Spring Run is actually the creek that flows out of it and the smaller spring that is just around that last curve you take to go into it, but you are correct. Some divers call it Ebro Blue Spring, too.

@@TwoEggTV Well thank you for clarifying that for me. I’ve been to the spring coming from the Chactawhatchee up spring run creek. But this billboard I saw at a boat landing on Holmes creek about a mile from Hightower springs talks all about Blue springs like it’s right there. But it’s a good ways from spring run. The whole deal with that sign threw me off.

So that’s when I looked to see if you had a video of Blue springs and luckily you did. Thanks

@@toddwyndham7009 Oh no, it is a good ways from there. A couple of historical interpretive signs were put up at landing up Holmes Creek talking about several different topics including Washington Blue Spring. Are those those one that you mean? If so, they were put there because they are sort of at a midpoint of the creek and a good place to talk about its entire history. One more panel will still be added that explains in more detail.

@@TwoEggTV Yep that’s it. It’s a historical sign at the boat landing on Holmes Creek off of Two Creek Blvd. & Keenkutter Rd. Thanks again for all the historical Content of the area. It’s nice to learn there is so much more than I thought I knew around here.

You are exactly correct. I often think about what might have happened had Great Britain recognized the Nicolls' Outpost Treaty. Since Spain considered its claims to extend only as far inland as the tidal influence on the rivers, His Catholic Majesty regarded most of Florida as American Indian territory. The alliance could have given the British a permanent presence not just on the southern border of the U.S., but on a major river that drained a vast region of Florida, Alabama, and Georgia. I often wonder about the son that the Prophet left behind in Britain. An individual claiming to be him showed up in the Creek Nation at the time of the 1836 war, but was arrested. He died in the jail at Wetumpka, Alabama. Whether he was truly the Prophet's son, we have been unable to determine. By the way, the Prophet Francis did not use Hillis Hadjo as a name, but as a title. Most towns in the Creek Nation had a hillis hadjo (maker of "mad" or strong medicine).

@davidmoseley4679 We would love to come and visit with you about that and some other possibilities that we are aware of there!

Thank you! And in this case the ground penetrating radar used was of a type so new that it had never been tried in North America. It was able to penetrate the ground at depths of 12-15 feet with excellent results. We think that you will definitely enjoy your visit!

That is a good idea for a story this winter. One winter during I think the late 60s the ponds in Northwest Florida froze over so solidly that families had to use axes to chop out the ice for the livestock to have access to water. It was very close to 0 for a couple of days then.

Thank you! The archaeologists and scientists did the hard work. I just did what I loved by digging through documents. - Dale

Thank you for watching!

That is very cool that you have early connections to the area! What was their family name?

I'm glad mine never thought about Dog Fennel! Her "weapon of choice" always came from a peach tree. Wheww.

We definitely found evidence of its presence at Chason Park during our excavations at the Fort Hughes site. Pucknawhitla, as you know, likely spread all across the bluff top through downtown and as far north as the cemetery and beyond. I agree that there are probably traces in the square area as well. We definitely encountered some at Chason Park, though.

@@TwoEggTV Awesome 👍

Thank you for the recommendation! His Nicolls' Outpost book is now available in hardback as well as paperback and on Kindle!

Thank you!

Exactly! The layers of importance at this site keep manifesting themselves. It may well be one of the most important archaeological sites in Florida. Kudos to Chattahoochee for recognizing it when the professional community ignored it for so long!

@@TwoEggTV Yea, better than Windover . Right in your wildest Fantasies.

@@Coco-h5g We didn't say that it was more important than Windover. We said that it may well be "ONE OF THE" most important archaeological sites in Florida. We stand by that. Nothing in our statement ranks it above Windover. Or below it.

Thank you!

It was fascinating to see the past come to life from so deep underground. Thank you for your comment!

It is an issue that is impacting all of Florida. It is such a beautiful place that everyone wants to be part of it. Unfortunately, it can't handle the load.

That it is!

It is absolutely gorgeous.

In the Panhandle, you can still enjoy plenty of room at most springs on weekdays. Weekends can be over the top or you will find gates closed when parking lot capacity is reached. We always recommend trying the ones that take some effort to reach, because casual visitors don't want to do that and you often will have them to yourself.

Gorgeous gardens that are improving all the time.

It is one of the absolute best in Alabama!

We are having a great summer so far! Have a great Independence Day!