Tequesta

Tequesta
Approximate territory of the Tequesta in the 16th century in present-day South Florida
Regions with significant populations
Present-day South Florida
(from 3rd century BCE to mid-18th century)
A bronze statue of a Tequesta warrior and his family on the Brickell Avenue Bridge, created by Manuel Carbonell.

The Tequesta, also Tekesta, Tegesta, Chequesta, Vizcaynos, were a Native American tribe on the Southeastern Atlantic coast of Florida. They had infrequent contact with Europeans and had largely migrated by the middle of the 18th century.