Timucua, a North American Indian tribe who inhabited the northeastern coast of what is now Florida. This name is also used for the language they speak. The estimated population of Timucua speakers was 13,000 in 1650, with 8,000 speakers of Timucua and the remainder speaking various sister languages.
Their first European contact was probably with Ponce de León's expedition in the 16th century. They were then sent by the Franciscans, who worked out the grammar of their language.
In the early 1700s, the Timucua area was invaded by the Creek Indians and the British. As a result of these attacks, many Timucua people died in armed conflict, died of want, or died of diseases of the Old World to which they had no immunity.
Sometime after 1736, the remnants of the tribe moved to an area near today's Mosquito Lagoon in Florida. Likely, the remaining Timucua were eventually absorbed into the Seminole culture.