Before the Spanish invaded Florida in the 1500s, Jororo Indians inhabited what are now parts of South Orange, Lake, Polk, and Osceola Counties. In the late 1600s the Spanish established many mission churches across Florida, including three on Jororo lands. The Jororo resisted their treatment by mission priests and rebelled, destroying the churches, killing some priests, and sending others fleeing back to St. Augustine. Little is known about the Jororo, although a mission named San Jose de Jororo was believed to be located near here. Another mission stood in a Jororo village called Atissime, which anthropologists cite as the origin of the name Kissimmee.