explore the coast and the tip of Florida. This is where he searched for
the fountain of youth. On the west coast of Florida, he looked for the fountain only to
come to the disappointment that it didn't exist.5
Along the southeast coast of Florida near the Indian River, Ponce de Leon and his
crew encountered a group of Indians. This group of Indians were the Ais Indians. They
called out to Ponce de Leon, so he went ashore. They tried to steal a boat from the
Spanish, but Ponce was not going to retreat so easily. They then fought the Indians in a
ferocious battle; an Indian clubbed a Spaniard in th
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