Cours du Mississipi et La Louisiane
Colonial Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico, from St. Bernard Bay (Texas) east to Florida; location of Indian tribes. Tunica, Tensas Indians.
[Paris]
Nice color. Label from 1996 exhibit: This map depicts the location of the "Tonicas" (Tunica) and "Taensas (Tensas) Indians near the Taensas River, which retains that name today under a different spelling (Tensas), along with a parish (county) located in northeastern Louisiana. "Tunica" means "Men" or "people" in the Tunica language. When Europeans first encountered the Tunica Indians they lived along the Yazoo River; during the first decade of the eighteenth century the tribe migrated to the location depicted on this map, near the Red River.
1994 Apr: Murray Hudson Antiquarian Books and Maps: $385.00
This map depicts the location of the "Tonicas" (Tunica) and "Taensas (Tensas) Indians near the Taensas River, which retains that name today under a different spelling (Tensas), along with a parish (county) located in northeastern Louisiana. "Tunica" means "men" or "people" in the Tunica language. When Europeans first encountered the Tunica Indians they lived along the Yazoo River; during the first decade of the eighteenth century the tribe migrated to the location depicted on this map, near the Red River.