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The native name of the island was Cansio or Cautix, but the captain named it "la Florida," some say because he found it covered with the flowers of spring; others, because he had discovered it on Resurrection day, called "Pascua Florida" by the Spanish Catholics. The land was inhabited by a branch of the warlike Seminole Indians, who disputed the Spaniards' advance into the interior.
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