FDI - Potano

The Potano were a sedentary hunter/farmer tribe. They were aboriginally located in the area around present Gainesville, Florida. The tribe was destroyed by war and pestilence in the seventeenth century.

Aboriginal Locations (# of Villages)

FL Cholupaha, Itaraholata or Ytara, Mala-Paz, Potano, Utinamocharra or Utinama

Year	*History*
1539	Probably visited by De Soto
1564	Lost war with Utina who were aided by French
1584	Repulsed invasion by Spanish killing a captain, but severely were defeated in a second invasion and driven from town
1601	Asked for and received permission to return home
1606	Mission San Francisco de Potano established
1656	Took part in the Timucuan uprising
1672	Many died of pestilence
1688	Name of chief of Potano does not appear as signatory on letter to Charles II, tribe either extinct or near extinction

Year	Total FL Population	Source
1650	3,000	Mooney estimate
1675	160	Swanton
1700	0	NAHDB calculation
1800	0	NAHDB calculation
1900	0	NAHDB calculation
2000	0	NAHDB calculation

Potano Sites:

500 Year of Baker County http://rootsweb.com/~flbaker/500yr.html

Archer History http://www.afn.org/~archer/arch011.htm

Brief History of the Timucua Taino of Northern Florida http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/41/265.html

DeSoto's Florida Trails http://www.floridahistory.com/inset5.html

Florida Archeological Collections http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/flarch/collections.htm

Florida Indian Tribes http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/florida/

Linguists Research Timucua, a Language with No Speakers http://www.wm.edu/news/?id=5291

Meglodon Curse http://www.lostgeneration.com/contest4.htm

Taino Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90537

Taino Timucua Tribe http://www.hartford-hwp.com/Timucua/

Timucua http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timucua

Timucua http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/t/ti/timucua.htm

Timucua Indian Coloring Pages http://pelotes.jea.com/incolor3.htm

Timucua Indians http://www.nps.gov/timu/indepth/foca/foca_timucua.htm

Timucua Indians http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14733a.htm

Timucua Indians - After the Europeans Came http://www.aaanativearts.com/article1109.html

Timucua Indian Tribe History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/timucua/timucuaindianhist.htm

Timucua Language http://www.native-languages.org/timucua.htm

*Ethnie:*	POTANO
*Language;*	Timucua Taino
*Family:*	Northern Maipuran
*Stock:*	Maipuran
*Phylum:*	Arawakan
*Macro-Culture:*	Florida
Speakers	Extinct