Tequesta Indians

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Tequesta Indians

• Nicholas , Katherine and Erick

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The first Indians

• The Tequesta Indians were one of the first
  Indians to settle in south Florida.
• They built villages near the Miami river.
• The chief of the tribe lived at the mouth of
  the Miami river.

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What the Indians hunted

• The tribe gathered fish, nuts, and berries for
  food. The men fished for sharks, sailfish, sea
  cow, and porpoises in the Biscayne Bay.

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When the Tequesta tribe lived

• The Tequesta Indians lived near present day
  Miami.
• They lived near the big Miami river.

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During the 1500s

• During the 1500s Europeans began arriving. At
  first the Tequesta Indians did not like the
  Europeans but then they bought their friendship.
• The Tequesta tribe numbered about 800 but they
  stared to die out because of settlement war,
  slavery, and disease.

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Internet Source

• http//destiny.pinellas.k12.fl.us/common/welcome.j
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