Tutilcoya

Tutilcoya was an Indigenous province mentioned in the accounts of Hernando de Soto’s expedition through Arkansas. In 1541 the Spaniards passed through a series of communities between the Mississippi lowlands and the western interior, including Coligua, Palisema and Tutilcoya. These lands contained wooded hills, streams and cultivated valleys. Beyond them lay the country of Cayas and Tula, where the expedition continued before turning toward its winter quarters.