The Timucua

Timucua (tee - MOO - qua) settled in central and northeast Florida. Timucua is probably believed to be the first Indian who Spanish explorer landed in Florida. Early explorers often used Timucua's language to communicate with other tribes.

Timucuan village usually has two kinds of houses. A kind of house called a long house is built on the roof with a frame pillar, a wall bark, and a palm tree branch. Another type of house is round and covered with palm leaves

As we all know, Timukua has an eternal village over other tribes. Everyone in the family has a house, but cooking is done in the village and takes place in the center every day. They were dressed in deer skin and woven cloth. Men have hair on their heads

Tim Kua likes to plant the planting, harvesting, and memorial ceremonies of the dead leader. Sherman is a tribal religious leader and he held a ceremony

Just like the other Indians, Timucua is a skilled hunter and a fisherman. These people made tools for hunting and fishing. They killed the game using spears, bars, bows, and bogans. Some of the games they use for food include bears, deer, wild turkeys and crocodiles. They smoked meat with direct flame. Women prepare to clean the animal's skin and use it as clothes

These people also eat fish, clams, oysters as food. They used a fishing trap called a weir. This trap is a tree wall that catches fish across creeks and rivers. As fish swim across the fence at high tide, they will catch them when the high tide disappears.

Agriculture is another important means for getting food for Timucua. The main crops they harvest are maize (corn), beans, pumpkin, pumpkin, melon. Women cook and collect roots, tree nuts, wild fruits to eat. These women also make pottery for cooking

Between 1649 and 1656, the population of Timquan began to decline. Timcua is one of the more peaceful tribes, but they will fight back as they move forward. The war between British and other Indians reduced their number. In addition, a series of pandemics (mainly smallpox) attacked them. With the demise of the horde, I believe that the surviving people may later join the Seminole tribe.

Timucua, a North American Indian tribe, lives on the northeast coast of Florida. The name is also used in the language they speak. The estimated number of Timucua spokespeople in 1650 was 13,000, of which 8,000 were in Timucua and the rest were talking about different sister languages. Their first European connection was probably the Ponce de Leon expedition of the 16th century. They were preached by the Franciscan who later wrote the grammar of their language. In the early 1700s, Timca's territory was invaded by Indian and British tribes. As a result of these invasions, many Timucua lost their lives in armed conflict, died of diseases of the old world lost their lives as a result of deprivation or have no immunity. Since 1736, the remnants of the tribe moved to Lake Mosquito near Florida. The rest of Timucua may eventually be absorbed into Seminolean culture.

British invasion in the early 18th century further reduced Timcua. Competitors European countries rely on Indian allies to fight the colonial war. The British Allied Tribe, Click, Katuba, and Yuchi killed and enslaved Timca tribes related to Spaniards. By the end of the war in France and India in 1763 and the acquisition of Florida in the UK, there may be 125 people. The last rest moved to Cuba with Spanish settlers or was absorbed by the Seminole population. They are now considered extinct tribes

Timucua is a native American Indian language whose origin is unknown and threatened with extinction. That language has some similarities with Arawakanese and linguist Julian Granberry said that Timucua people may have moved to Florida from their original Amazon home. After being destroyed by the European illness and the war between Spain and the UK, the surviving Timucua Indians were sent to Cuba and their words soon disappeared. The last famous Timucua Indian died in 1767 and Timucuans (and Beothuk) became one of only a few very American extinct American Indian tribes.