TUNISA MEANS PEOPLE AND IS A LINGUISTIC FAMILY KNOWN AS TONICA. THEY ARE PROMINENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE MISSISSIPPI REGION BECAUSE THEY WERE KIND TO THE FRENCH. IN 1700 THEY HAD ABOUT 260 CABINS. THEY LIVED ON THE INDIAN CORN AND DID NOT HUNT. THE CHICKASAW DROVE THEM OUT IN 1706. THEY KILLED MORE THAN HALF OF THEIR TRIBE. IN 1760 THEY HAD THREE VILLAGES WITH ABOUT 400 FOLKS.
THE REMNANT OF TUNICA ARE ABOUT 30 PEOPLE IN 1762 AND LIVE IN MARKSVILLE. THE WOMEN MADE FABRIC OF MULBERRY CLOTH. THE MEN CULTIVATED THE SOIL PLANTED CROPS AND HARVESTED THEM, DRESSED DEER AND BUFFALO SKINS. WOMEN PERFORMED COOKING, INDOOR WORK AND MADE POTTERY.
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