 The Spanish explorer, Hernando de Soto spent the winter of 1538-1539 encamped at the Apalachee village of Anhaica, which he had taken by force.De Soto's brutal treatment of the natives was fiercely resisted, and by the following spring De Soto was eager to move on.The site of Anhaica, near present-day Myers Park, was located in 1987 by Florida archaeologist B. Calvin Jones.