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Ajacán Mission
The Ajacán Mission ((:axaˈkan)) (also Axaca, Axacam, Iacan, Jacán, Xacan) was a Spanish attempt in 1570 to establish a Jesuit mission in the vicinity of the Virginia Peninsula to bring Christianity to the Virginia Indians. The effort to found what was to be called St. Mary's Mission predated the founding of the English settlement at Jamestown by about 36 years. In February 1571, all of the party were massacred by local Indians except a youth, Alonso de Olmos. The following year, a Spanish party from Florida went to the area for revenge; they reclaimed Alonso and in the course of their confrontation, killed an estimated total of 20 Indians.
==Spanish exploration==
Early in the 16th century, Spanish explorers were the first recorded Europeans to see the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay (which the Spanish called ''Bahía de Madre de Dios''〔Oré:20〕 or ''Bahía de Santa Maria.''〔Lowery:459〕) They were searching for what Europeans believed was a Northwest Passage to India. They named the land now known as Virginia, as ''Ajacán'' ("Jacán" in Oré.〔Oré:21〕)
The Spanish succeeded in founding a colonial settlement on the east coast of North America in 1565 at St. Augustine, Florida. It was the first founded by Europeans in what is now the United States. In 1566, they established a military outpost (and the first Jesuit mission in Florida, called San Antonio de Carlos) on an island near Mound Key. The Spanish subsequently established small Spanish outposts along the eastern coast into present-day Georgia and the Carolinas. The northern-most post was ''Santa Elena'' (today Port Royal, South Carolina), located on an island offshore. From there Juan Pardo was commissioned to lead expeditions into the interior, looking for a route to Mexican silver mines. He founded Fort San Juan in 1567-1568 at the regional chiefdom of Joara as the first European settlement in the interior of North America, in present-day western North Carolina, and five other interior garrisons. All were soon destroyed by the Indians. Archeological evidence of Fort San Juan and Joara have been found.
In 1561, an expedition sent by Ángel de Villafañe captured a Virginia Indian boy from the Chesapeake Bay region and took him to Mexico. The boy was instructed in the Catholic religion and baptized Don Luis, in honor of Luis de Velasco, the Viceroy of New Spain. The Spanish took the Indian youth to Madrid, Spain, where he had an audience with the King. He received a thorough Jesuit education. Some Dominicans headed for Florida as missionaries took Don Luis with them, stopping at Havana. They abandoned their plans for Florida.〔Lowery:360〕
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