Chief Saturiwa’s Timucua Chiefdom | French Protestant Huguenot Florida USA settlement in 1564-65

HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA - The Saturiwa were a Timucua chiefdom centered on the mouth of the St. Johns River in what is now Jacksonville, Florida. One of the 500 indigenous nations & cultures that blanketed North America, they were a prominent political force in the early days of European settlement in Florida, forging friendly relations and alliances with the French Huguenot settlers at Fort Caroline in Saturiwa territory, in 1564-65. The Saturiwa are so called after their chief at the time of contact with the Europeans, King Saturiwa, who was sovereign over thirty other chiefs and their villages. Guest Eric Yanis of The Other States of America podcast joins Mark for this fascinating episode. EPISODE 95 — Saturiwa’s Timucua Chiefdom. Huguenot History books available at Florida History books available at Support this channel by enjoying a wide-range of useful & FUN Gadgets at Get exclusive access to Bonus episodes, Ad-Free content, and Extra materials when joining our growing community on Patreon at and receive an eBook welcome GIFT or Donate on PayPal at and also receive an eBook welcome GIFT. Support our series by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK (Amazon gives us credit at no extra charge to you). It costs you nothing to shop using this FREE store entry link and by doing so encourages, supports & helps us to create more quality content for this series. Thanks! Mark Vinet’s TIMELINE video channel at Website: Instagram: Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Podcast Playlist: Podcast: TikTok: @historyofnorthamerica Books: Linktree: