 The area where Daytona Beach is located was once inhabited by the indigenous Timucuan Indians who lived in fortified villages.The Timucuas were nearly exterminated by contact with Europeans through war, enslavement and disease and became extinct as a racial entity through assimilation and attrition during the 18th century.The Seminole Indians, descendants of Creek Indians from Georgia and Alabama, frequented the area prior to the Second Seminole War.