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Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve & Fort Caroline National MemorialHistoric drawing of a Timucua council
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Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve & Fort Caroline National Memorial
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Historic drawing showing Timucua chief from head to toe.
Related villages formed a loose political confederation under a head chief. In this caste society commoners paid deference to a hereditary elite, at the pinnacle of which sat the chief. Wealth and title were inherited within clans through the mother’s brother.
 Timucua woman wading in a river.
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 Timucuan and European soldiers fighting.
End of a Culture
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 Timucua chief
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16th century French flag  

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The flag that flies over Fort Caroline is a sixteenth century French flag with “fleur de lis” heraldic symbols in gold on a blue background. The "fleur de lis" is an unoffical symbol of France.
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