cayolargo

Updated: June 9, 2025

We were now sailing among that group of islands at the southern extremity of Florida, inside the ill-famed Florida reef, on which so many stout ships have been cast away. The inhabitants were mostly ruffianly characters, who lived by the plunder they obtained from the vessels wrecked on their shores. We put into a small bay in one of the largest of these islands, called Cayolargo.

William Henry Giles Kingston - In the Wilds of Florida: A Tale of Warfare and Hunting