The Seminoles move in

As Florida's natives disappeared, other people from the Southeast came to fill the vacuum. By the mid-1700s, Timucuan villages and fields had been abandoned, and the Creeks were moving in from the north due to pressure from white settlers in their region. After they left their homelands, the Creeks became known as "yat' siminoli" (the unconquered people), a term that later became Seminoles. In time, they would become important players in the region, building a strong society, pushing back against white settlers, and replacing Florida's native people in the public mind.