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i think day r very cool so i don't know much about em — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8807:8500:15A:E8CE:87B6:6DD7:407C (talk) 02:32, 16 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Move[edit]

Moved from Tekesta to Tequesta, which is the more common spelling. --BD2412 00:33, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

No Taino[edit]

Removed mention of Taino connection. This is a hightly debatable claim. There are some Taino who try to claim all or most of the tribes in Florida were Taino-related, despite no cultural or linquistic connections. Emb021 (talk | contribs) 14:53, 4 May 2005

Me too[edit]

Did school research on the Tequesta's and they're the same. -- kk 24.110.118.154 (talk) 20:17, 6 November 2005

Tainos of Bimini[edit]

First of all those who don't know should do some research of Tainos. Calusas, Tekestas, Timucuas were part of the Taino Branch. Bimini meaning Mother of Many Waters was the name in Tainey for what is now named Florida. Obviously you guys need to do some research. Tainos were master swinners and experts at sea with there canoes. It shows with artifacts found from the Yucatan to Bimini to Ieri (Trinidad and Tobago) to Guayanaka (Venezeula). They knew the sea well and sailed it with pride.

While some authorities state that the Tequesta were Tainos, others say they came from the north. Due to the very low number of Tequesta words that we know, it is impossible to say what group the language belonged to. I know that Taino groups now claim the connection, but I don't know of any conclusive evidence. If you know of reliable and verifiable sources, please post them. -- Dalbury^(Talk) 03:07, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Expanding[edit]

I'm adding a lot of material from some sources I have. Per my sources, I have attributed the first mission to the Tequestas to Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, rather than to his nephew Pedro Menéndez Marquez. I want to find a full copy of the Memoir of Hernando d'Escalante Fontaneda, who lived with various tribes in Florida for 17 years after he was shipwrecked in the Keys. -- Dalbury^(Talk) 03:20, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You can find a copy of Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda's Memoir on the internet here and [1].--Cuchullain 00:10, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I had found some sources, but forgot to come back here to note that. But, I do thank you for posting the information. -- Dalbury^(Talk) 01:25, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merger proposal[edit]

Actually, there is nothing of value in the Tequestas article that is not already in Tequesta. I will make Tequestas a redirect to Tequesta (which will preserve the history). -- Dalbury^(Talk) 11:37, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Citation for child sacrifice[edit]

The item about child sacrifice is in "Bullen, Adelaide K. 1965. Florida Indians of Past and Present, in Carson, Ruby Leach and Tebeau, Charlton. Florida from Indian trail to space age: a history. (Vol. I, pp. 317-350). Southern Publishing Company.", which is listed in the References section. I've returned the book to the library, so it will be tomorrow before I can retrieve the exact quote and page number. -- Dalbury^(Talk) 02:36, 31 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, this gets interesting. The Bullen reference (both copies) was checked out of the library (the computer estimates it will be available in 2 days). I did find another source that gives a different version of the story. Sturtevant, William C. (1978) The Last of the South Florida Aborigines, in Jeral Milanich and Samuel Proctor, Eds. Tachagale: Essays on the Indians of Florida and Southeastern Georgia suring the Historic Period, reports that the missionaries from Havana that established the mission at Miami in 1743 heard while at Key West that the Indians of the Keys had gone to Santaluz to celebrate a peace that they had recently concluded with the Indians living there. The Santaluces were planning to sacrifice a little girl in honor of the occassion. The priests sent a messanger pleading with the Santaluz chief to not do it, and he agreed. Fifty years earlier the village of Santa Lucea was at what is now St. Lucie Inlet, and was occupied by Ais indians. Strutevant also provides the text of a report of the mission by Father Alaña. It is in Spanish, and my Spanish isn't good enough to translate it. It runs to about 7 1/2 pages. -- Dalbury^(Talk) 23:32, 31 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

tequesta homes[edit]

The Tequesta lived in homstead —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.177.125.249 (talk) 23:40, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation Page[edit]

I think that Tequesta should lead to a disambiguation page. Although the village is named after the tribe, it is probably more searched. 65.11.206.195 (talk) 23:26, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like we do need a dab page, but I think it needs to be Tequesta (disambiguation). I'll do that now. -- Donald Albury 12:44, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Move back to Tequesta?[edit]

This article was moved without any discussion, and with no clean-up. I think that it would be better moved back to Tequesta, where it had been for years. If it stays at Tequesta people, then several other articles need to be fixed. I would ask that nothing be done to those other articles until we can discuss moving this article back. -- Donald Albury 00:36, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Can anyone give me an idea for my tribe project??[edit]

Bold text'Italic textWell I need some info.So if you need to contact me just talk to me on wiki.My username is zoura123123. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.101.216.236 (talk) 21:58, 1 November 2012 (UTC) [reply]