Description
The Jororo or Hororo lived just to the south of the Mayaca. They first appear in the Spanish records in the 1680s. Their land was very wet, full of lakes and "brambles", and subject to frequent flooding. Hann suggests that the name of the mission at Jizime or Atissime or Atisme indicates that Jororo territory extended in the valley of the Kissimmee River.
Language
They spoke the Mayaca language.
Culture
The Mayaca, Jororo and Surruque existed by fishing, gathering shellfish and native plants, and by hunting wildlife. Fish, shellfish, turtle and whitetail deer were among their mainstays. Some Timucuan people combined hunting activities with farming--primarily in the northern third of Florida. They used acorns and hickory nuts to produce cooking oil and a kind of flour. An aquatic root called ache (harvested with great difficulty from the swamps) yielded a starch that was important in the Timucuan diet. People regularly consumed palm berries and blueberries.