George Aaron Broadwell and his colleague Alejandra Dubcovsky have just published a translation of a 1651 letter written in Timucua, the Native language of most of North Florida.
This is the oldest letter written in a Native American language of the United States, and understanding it is important to our knowledge of the language and history of early Florida.
For more details, see
- Broadwell, George Aaron and Alejandra Dubcovsky. (2023). Chief Manuel’s 1651 Timucua letter: The oldest letter in a Native language of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 164(3/4), 225–267. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48757425