Saturiwa
For the chief also known by this name, see Saturiwa (chief). Saturiwa One of Theodor de Bry's engravings, supposedly based on drawings by Jacques LeMoyne, depicting Chief Saturiwa preparing his men for battle Total population Extinct as tribe Regions with significant populations North Florida around the mouth of the St. Johns River (present-day Jacksonville) Languages Timucuan language, Mocama dialect Religion Native Related ethnic groups Timucua The Saturiwa were a Timucua chiefdom centered on the mouth of the St. Johns River in what is now Jacksonville, Florida. They were the largest and best attested chiefdom of the Timucua subgroup known as the Mocama, who spoke the Mocama dialect of Timucuan and lived in the coastal areas of present-day northern Florida and southeastern Georgia. They were a prominent political force in the early days of European settlement in Florida, forging friendly relations with the French Huguenot settlers at Fort Caroline in 1564...