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Pohoy |
| Ethnie: | POHOY |
| Language; | Timucua Taino |
| Family: | Northern Maipuran |
| Stock: | Maipuran |
| Phylum: | Arawakan |
| Macro-Culture: | Florida |
| Speakers | Extinct |
| The Pohoy were a sedentary coastal tribe. They were located on the south shore of Tampa Bay. The tribe was destroyed by pestilence with the survivors being absorbed into other cultures. |
| Aboriginal Locations (# of Villages) |
| FL Ocita |
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| Year | History |
| 1539 | De Soto established his headquarters in town of Pohoy chief, Capt. Calderon and 100 men remained for five months |
| 1612 | Visited by Ensign Cartaya |
| 1726 | Survivors of epidemic totaling 20 located at mission near St. Augustine |
| 1728 | Returned to their homes |
| Year | Total FL Population | Source | |
| 1681 | 300 | Swanton | |
| 1700 | 300 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 1800 | 0 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 1900 | 0 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 2000 | 0 | NAHDB calculation |
| Other speakers of the same language: |
| Mococo, Osochi, Potano, Saturiwa, Tacatacuru, Tawasa, Timacua, Yustaga |
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