Creeperian expedition across Sequoyah
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| Date | 1433, 1435 |
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| Location | Northern Sequoyah |
| Also known as | The Lost Expedition |
| Motive | Conquest and conversation of Natives |
| Organised by | Gonzalo Vázquez Luján |
| Participants | 100 (1433) 300 (1435) |
| Outcome | Retreat (1433) Unknown (1435) |
| Casualties | |
| 53 dead (1433), 300 missing (1435) | |
The Creeperian expedition across Sequoyah was a series of two Creeperian expeditions in northern Sequoyah in 1433 and 1435 led by Gonzalo Vázquez Luján to conquer land and convert Natives to Creeperian Catholicism. The first expedition was forced to retreat after taking heavy casualties, while the second expedition disappeared and was never heard from again.
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Founding of Mission San Juan Diego
In 1431, an expedition led by Gonzalo Vázquez Luján landed in modern-day Eastern Sequoyah. He established Mission San Juan Diego, and in tern, the city of San Juan Diego.
First expedition
In 1433, a group of 100 conquistadors and missionaries led by Vázquez Luján started heading to western Sequoyah, traveling through Navaja and Caprican lands to reach the Promethian Canyon in modern-day Itse Ulagohisdi. Caprican natives, however, attacked the expedition and 53 men were killed. The Expedition quickly returned to San Juan Diego to regroup before attempting another expedition.
Second expedition
In 1435, Vázquez Luján led another expedition of 300 men through Western Sequoyah in hopes of reaching the western Southern Ocean. The last report from the expedition reached San Juan Diego in July of 1435, confirming that the expedition had reached the Promethian Canyon. San Juan Diego received no further communications from the expedition and sent out a search party of 100 men to search for the expedition. The expedition was never found and the search party returned home.
Legacy
To this day, the fate of Vázquez Luján's expedition is unknown, although modern historians hypothesize that it was destroyed by Caprican attacks. It has since been known as "The Lost Expedition."
