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TIMPOOCHEE TIMUCUAN FAMILY 



[B. A. E. 



Timpoochee Barnard. A Yuchi chief, 

 son of Timothy Barnard, a Scotchman, 

 and a Yuchi woman, who first became 

 generally known when, in 1814, he 

 took part with the American forces 

 against the hostile Creeks. During the 

 battle of General Floyd's troop with 

 the Indians at Camp Defiance, Ala., Jan. 

 2, 1814 (called the battle of Callabee), 

 Barnard, who had been commissioned as 

 major, distinguished himself, with his 

 band of about 100 Yuchi warriors, espe- 

 cially in rescuing Capt. Broadnix and 

 his company when their retreat was 

 for a time cut off. He signed the Creek 

 treaty of Aug. 9, 1814, at Ft Jackson, 

 Ala., as "Captain of lichees." (c. t. ) 



Timsim. A village, presumably Costa- 

 noan, formerly connected with Dolores 

 mission, San Francisco, Cal. (Taylor in 

 Cal. Farmer, Oct. 18, 1861). Cf. Lamsivi. 



Timucua. The principal of the Timu- 

 cuan tribes of Florida. The name is 

 written Timucua or Timuqua by the 

 Spaniards; Thimagoa by the French; 

 Atimaco, Tomoco, etc., by the English. 

 They seem to 1 e identical with the people 

 called Nukfalalgi or Nukfila by the 

 Creeks, described by the latter as hav- 

 ing once occupied the upper portion of 

 the peninsula and as having been con- 

 quered, together with the Apalachee, 

 Yamasee, and Calusa, by the Creeks. 

 When first known to the French and 

 Spanish, about 1565, the Timucua occu- 

 pied the territory along middle St John r. 

 and about the present St Augustine. 

 Their chief was known to the French as 

 Olata Ouae Utina, abbreviated to Utina 

 or Outina, which, however, is a title 

 rather than a personal name, olata 

 (hola'ta) signifying 'chief,' and iifina. 

 'country.' His residence town on St 

 John r. is believed to have been not far 

 below I... George. He ruled a number of 

 subchiefs or towns, among which are men- 

 tioned (Laudonniere) Acuera, Anachara- 

 qua, Cadecha, Calan}^ Chilili, Eclaou, 

 Enacappe, Mocoso, and Omitiaqua. Of 

 these Acuera is evidently the coast town 

 s. of C. Canaveral, where the Spaniards 

 afterward established the mission of 

 Santa Lucia de Acuera. The names 

 Acuera, Mocoso, and Utina(ma) are 

 duplicated in the w. part of tlie penin- 

 sula in the De Soto narratives. The 

 Timucua were Christianized by Spanish 

 Franciscans toward the close of the 16th 

 century and brought to a high degree of 

 civilization until the destruction of the 

 missions about the year 1705 {see Timucuan 

 Famili/). The remnant of the tribe at 

 first took refuge at St Augustine, and was 

 afterward established in a new settlement 

 called Pueblo de Atimucas, on Tomoco 

 r., near Mosquito lagoon, in the pres- 

 ent Volusia CO. A few of them seem to 



have been in existence as late as the 

 transfer of the territory to the United 



States in 1821. (j. m.) 



Atimaco. — Roberts, Fla., 89, 1763. Atimucas. — 

 Shea, Cath. Miss., 74, 1855. Atimuqua. — Smith 

 quoted by Gatschet in Proc. Am. Pliilos. Soc, 

 XVII, 490, 1878. Attamasco.— Williams, Ter. of 

 Fla., 178, 1837. Nukfalalgi.— Gatschet, Creek Migr. 

 Leg., II, 06, 1888 (Creek name, perhapsof Catawba 

 origin, for a Florida people, evidently the Timu- 

 cua and kindred tribes; alrii=Creiik pl.suiiix). 

 Nukfila. — Ibid, (another form for Niikfalalgi). 

 Nuk-hotsi.^Ibid. ('spotted or marked on the 

 neck,' from innkwa liis neck; a Creek corruption 

 of the Catawba (?) name from which they made 

 Nukfalalgi). Tamaicas. — Williams, Ter. Fla., 175, 

 1837. Thimagona.— Gatschet in Proc. Am. Philos. 

 Soc, XVI, 627, 1877 (given as a French form; n 

 misprint for w). Thimagoua. — Gatschet, Creek 

 Migr. Leg., I, 11, 1884. Thimogoa. — Laudonnifere 

 (1564) quoted by Basanier in French, Hist. ColL 

 La., 231, 1869. Timagoa.— Barcia, Eiisayo, 47, 

 1723. Timoga.— De Bry map (1.591) in Le Moyne 

 Narr., Appleton trans., 1875. Timogoa. — Brack- 

 enridge, Views of La., 84, 1815. Timookas. — Jef- 

 ferys. Am. Atlas, map 5, 1776. Timooquas. — LattrS. 

 map New Spain, 1784. Timoqua. — GatschetinProc, 

 Am. Philos. Soc, xvii, 490, 1878 (given as a Span- 

 ish form). Timuaca. — French, Hist. Coll. La., 2d 

 s., II, 296, 1875. Timuacana. — Latham, El. Comp. 

 Philol., 466, 1862. Timuca.— Gatschet in Proc. Am. 

 Philos. Soc, XVI, 627, 1877 (given as a Spanish 

 form). Timucua. — Ibid, (another Spanish form). 

 Timuqua. — Barcia, Ensayo, 287, 1723. Timuquana. — 

 Pareja (1612) as quotcdby Gatschet in Proc. Am. 

 Philos. Soc, XVIII, 475, 1880 (Spanish adjective 

 form: "lengua Timuquana"). Timuquanan. — 

 Powell in 7th Rep. B. A. E., 123, 1891 (double ad- 

 jective form coined to designate the family). 

 Timusquana. — Palacios quoted by Smith in Hist. 

 Mag., I, 1, 1858 (misprint s for o). Tinqua. — 

 French, Hist.Coll. La., 2d s., 11,296,1875 (misprint). 

 Tomachees. — Coxe, Carolana, map, 1741. Tomma- 

 kees. — Ibid., 22. Tomocos. — Bartram, Trav., 378, 

 1791. Tomoka.— Drake, Bk. of Inds., bk. iv, 140-1, 

 1848 (mentioned as a Florida settlement and as a 

 Seminolechief'snameinls87). Tumican. — Hewat, 

 S. C. and Ga., I, 228, 1779. Tymangoua.— Anon, 

 author (1565) in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., xx, 237, 

 1841. TTstana. — Palacios (1675) quoted by Smith 

 in Hist. Mag., ii, 1, 1868. 



Timucuan Family. A group of cognate 

 tribes formerly occupying the greater part 

 of N. Florida, extending along the e. coast 

 from al)Out lat. 28°, below C. Caiiaveral, 

 to above the mouth of St John r., and 

 along the w. coast probably from Tampa 

 bay northward to about Ocilla r., where 

 they met the Apalachee, of Muskhogean 

 stock. The Hichiti and Yamasee, also 

 Muskhogean, appear to have occupied 

 their n. frontier nearly on the present state 

 boundary; but the Timucua lield both 

 banks of St Marys r. and Cumberland id. 

 S. of lat. 28° the w. coast was held by the 

 Calusa, and the e. coast by the Ais and 

 Tequesta, rude and fierce tribes, of whose 

 language nothing is known, but who seem 

 to have had no relation with theTimucuan 

 tribes. The family designation is derived 

 from the name of one of the principal 

 tribes, theTimncua, Timagoa, Tomoco, or 

 Atimuca, whose territory was about St 

 Augustine and on middle St John r. The 

 name may possibly signify 'lord' or 

 'ruler.' Other principal tribes were Sa- 

 turiha on the lower St John; Yustaga, or 

 Hostaqua, about the upper Suwannee; 

 Potano, w. of St John r. , between the heads 



