Red_desert
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Florida treasure coast, had a Native American tribe living along it, known as the Ais Indians. You can find them on the Internet.
"...they are rich only by the sea, from the many vessels that have been lost well laden with these metals ( gold & silver)..."
(Escalante de Fontanedo, 1565)
Ais & Mayaimi Each Ais town had its own leader referred to by a native word that the Spanish translated as “cacique” and the English as “casseekey.” These leaders were most likely the heads of the most respected matrilineal families or clans in their villages. For the most part, these town leaders seem to have ruled only through the power of suggestion rather than the threat of force.
Ais villages or towns are described as consisting of small collections of huts framed with wood or sticks and covered on the tops and sides with a thatch of palm fronds. At least some of these huts were located on top of shell mounds. There seems to have been little difference in the houses of Ais caciques from the rest of Ais villagers except that the houses of the caciques were larger and contained more furniture.
Both Ais men and women wore their hair long and frequently painted parts of their bodies with black and/or red paint. Men usually wore their hair pulled up into a knot near the tops of their heads. At least some Ais men wore beards. Spanish accounts report that the paramount Ais cacique wore a broad gold headband and his leading men wore smaller ones.
"...they are rich only by the sea, from the many vessels that have been lost well laden with these metals ( gold & silver)..."
(Escalante de Fontanedo, 1565)
Ais & Mayaimi Each Ais town had its own leader referred to by a native word that the Spanish translated as “cacique” and the English as “casseekey.” These leaders were most likely the heads of the most respected matrilineal families or clans in their villages. For the most part, these town leaders seem to have ruled only through the power of suggestion rather than the threat of force.
Ais villages or towns are described as consisting of small collections of huts framed with wood or sticks and covered on the tops and sides with a thatch of palm fronds. At least some of these huts were located on top of shell mounds. There seems to have been little difference in the houses of Ais caciques from the rest of Ais villagers except that the houses of the caciques were larger and contained more furniture.
Both Ais men and women wore their hair long and frequently painted parts of their bodies with black and/or red paint. Men usually wore their hair pulled up into a knot near the tops of their heads. At least some Ais men wore beards. Spanish accounts report that the paramount Ais cacique wore a broad gold headband and his leading men wore smaller ones.
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