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.
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.