we are the ones subduing and conquering the land." The last contemporary record of him was a fellow Franciscan's reference to his work in Florida in the book published in 1627. In his last posting, Pareja joined the province of the Holy Gospel in Mexico. He died in Mexico in 1628. Works Pareja is noted for having published the first books in the language of an indigenous tribe (the Timucua) within the present-day United States. He published several works between 1612 and 1627 in Timucua and Spanish, although some have been lost. His surviving works are: Catecismo En lengua Castellana y Timuquana (Mexico, 1612) Catecismo y Breve Exposición de la Doctrina Cristiana" (Mexico, 1612) Confessionario En lengua Castellana y Timuquana Con algunos consejos para animar al penitente (Mexico, 1613) Gramatica de la lengua Timuquana de Florida (Mexico, 1614) Catecismo de la Doctrina Cristiana En lengua Timuquana (Mexico, 1627) Catecismo y Examen para los que Comulgan, En lengua Castellana y Timuquana (Mexico, 1627) Catechismo en lengua Timuquana y castellana: En que se trata el modo de oyr Missa, y sus ceremonias (Mexico, 1628) In addition, he was known to have published two other religious works and compiled a dictionary, which did not survive. References Sources Amy Turner Bushnell, Situado and Sabana: Spain's Support System for the Presidio and Mission Provinces of Florida, New York: Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, 1994 Michael V. Gannon, Cross in the Sand: The Early Catholic Church in Florida, 1513-1870, Gainesville, Florida: University Presses of Florida, 1965 Eugene Lyon, The Enterprise of Florida: Pedro Menéndez de Áviles and the Spanish Conquest of 1565-1568, Gainesville, Florida: University Presses of Florida, 1976 Further reading Barcia, Ensayo Cronológico (Madrid, 1723) Vetancurt, Menologia (Mexico, 1697) Torquemada, Monarquia Indiana (Madrid, 1723) Shea, Catholic Church in Colonial Days (New York, 1886) , Catholic Missions (New York, 1854) Pilling, North American Linguistics (Washington, 1884) Sabin, Dictionary of Books Relating to America, V (New York, 1884) External links "Francisco Pareja", Catholic Encyclopedia, New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1911 1628 deaths 17th-century Spanish people People of Spanish Florida Spanish Franciscans Spanish Roman Catholic missionaries Linguists from Spain Timucua Native American literature Year of birth uncertain Roman Catholic missionaries in New Spain Franciscan missionaries Missionary linguists