In his 1719 expedition, French explorer Jean Baptiste Bénard de La Harpe encountered a Tawakoni village in present-day Muskogee County, Oklahoma. The French wrote that the Tawakoni raised maize and tobacco.
During his 1719 expedition, French explorer Jean Baptiste Bénard de La Harpe came across a Tawakoni village in present-day Muskogee County, Oklahoma.  The French documented that the Tawakoni people grew maize and tobacco.