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Chaccabi was a town in Apalachee Province in the 1670s that was the site of a mission called Assumpcíon del Puerto or Assuncíon de Nuestra Señora. Chaccabi was a Chine town, but Amacanos and Pacaras were either livng in the town or in settlements adjacent to the town.

Chaccabi was a town described as on the road from San Luis, the capital of Apalachee Province, to the sea. The distance from San Luis was given as about ten or eleven leagues. John Hann argues that the uncertainty about the distance expressed in the Spanish account indicates that Chaccabi was not on the road to San Marcos, the main port for Apalachee Province. Hann argues that Chaccabi was on the Rio Chachave that is on an 1683 Spanish map, on the western end of Apalachee Bay between the St. Marks River and the Ochlockonee River.

Chaccabi is identified as a town of the Chine people, although Amacanos and Pacaras either also lived in the town or in adjacent communities. The three people were reported to speak the same language.

Gabriel Díaz Vara Calderón, bishop of Santiago de Cuba, founded, or consecrated, the mission of Assumpcíon del Puerto (also called Assuncíon de Nuestra Señora) on February 2, 1675 to serve the Chines, Caparaz (otherwise called Pacaras) and Amacanos, who lived together in the town of Chaccabi, a Chine town. A mission, named for St. Peter the Apostle, was probaby established in 1674 at Chaccabi, with Bishop Calderón consecrating the mission with a new name, rather than founding a new mission, as he claimed. Amacanos were occassionally mentioned in connections with missions. The last mention of Amacons in Spanish records was in 1702, when they were mentioned in a report about threats to Apalachee Province as heathens living there.

Chine mission founded in 1674, Chine, Pacara and Amacano living in Chaccabi, on small stream "Rio Chachave", flowing into western Apalachee Bay, probably today's Spring Creek. Three people probably closely related to Chacato, 3 spoke same language.

Report by governor Salazar to king 1675; San LUis on the coast, doctrina (Asuncíon de Nuestra Señora, 1674) serving three small towns with about 300 persons, Amacano, Chines and Caparaz.

Assumpcíon del Puerto or Assuncíon de Nuestra Señora, first mentioned 1675, served 3 settlements of Caparaz, Amacano, and Chine. First two considered Yamassee, Chine a band of Chacato. On the road from San Luis to sea with 300 people. Probably dates from 1674, bishop Calderon consecrated church in 1675, claiming foundation. Not mentioned after 1675. After an enemy ship appeared off San Marcos in 1677, villages near Apalachee Bay were ordered to move inland.

Amacano, Chine, Chacato and Pacara appear closely related linguistically. Amacano, Chine and Chacato reported to have same language. Chief Chine identified as a Chacato. Chine and Pacara first mentioned in 1674, together with Amacano in Chaccabi. Chacabbi said to belong to the Chines. Amacanos mentioned in late 1620s living along Big Bend coast north from mouth of Suwannee River, between Pojoy on Tampa Bay, Timucuas in Suwannee Valley, and Apalachees. Pojoy's "great captain" taken to St. Augustine in 1628 or 1629 to negitate peace with Amacanos.

Mission to Chine (St. Peter the Apostle) established in 1674 at Chaccabi, 10 or 11 leagues from San Luis, probably not at San Marcos. Mission moved to new location at Bishop Calderon's visit in 1675 ('Assumpcíon del Puerto' or 'Assumpcíon de Nuestra Senora'), only 6 leagues from San Luis (4 leagues from Tomoli, which was one league from Tama), "on the path to the sea". Mission was "San Pedro de chines" by 1680, and San Pedro de Medellin in 1681. Medellin was close to headwaters of Wakulla River on a 1683 map. Became San Antonio de los Chines by 1695, 1697 list puts "Place of the Chines" one league from Tama, inland from Tomoli.