Timucua Tribe Research Paper

Who were the Timucua? What did they do? Where did they live? These may be some questions that you have about the Timucua tribe. They lived (during this time) in present day Florida, and they did many of great things. They had fought for their land, gathered some food, and stayed unchanged for at least more than 1,000 years. You will learn more about the Timucua as you read this report.
The Timucua had lived in Eastern Florida. They had two main cities, Jacksonville and St. Augustine. The climate in Eastern Florida (where they lived) was and is humid subtropical. The Timucua were believed to be the first Native American tribe to come face-to-face with the Spanish Conquistadors, once they had traveled to Eastern Florida. Ponce De Leon was one of the first to come into contact with the Timucua. The Spanish had, unfortunately, taken over the Timucua tribe’s land. They had wanted to find some gold and gain wealth within Eastern Florida and they had invaded some of the Timucuan tribe’s land in 1527.
Other tribes did live near the Timucua tribe.
There were more than fifteen other tribes that had lived just in Florida! Some tribes included the Pensacola, Apalachee, Saturiwa, Tocobaga, Tekesta, and many other tribes. The way that the Timucua had communicated to these other tribes (and some more tribes in the same state, or somewhere different) were just talking face-to-face. They had usually spoke their language since many of the other tribes (mainly throughout Florida and a large portion of the south) spoke the Timucuan language. The Timucuan language that the majority of the south spoke was
Tawasa.
The Timucua did not have a main religion. However, when they came into contact with Ponce De Leon and the other Spanish Conquistadors, they had tried to convince the Timucua tribe to convert over to Christianity. Due to the Timucua not having a main religion, they did not have many practices or so called “rules”. However, the men and women of the Timucua tribe used to practice body adornment (which is known as tattoos and body piercings). Also, they didn’t have main foods to eat. They did not really hunt, they usually just gathered foods, which included corn and delicious fruits.
In conclusion, the Timucua had done many of great things, and had even attempted to gain their land. However, they had unfortunately lost to the Spanish Conquistadors (as you have just read). Thankfully, they had lived a great life and had done many good things for years to come.