Volume
I of A
Three Volume Set of East Texas History
The
Indians Who Named Texas
- Vol. I - The Caddoan Indians of East Texas and Western Louisiana were the
most powerful, and highly structured of all. Their culture was far
above other tribes, sleeping on raised beds and living with a full and
complicated religion that involved one supreme god. They were clean
and respectful of others with a highly structured society, yet fierce in
war -- no other tribe could defeat them. For this reason, they often
served as peace makers, which made them highly respected. There were three main
divisions when the first direst arrived - the Kadohadocho were centered on the
Red River, the Tejas/Hasinai lived in the Neches-Angelina-Attoyac
River valleys, and the Witchita lived to their west from Waco to the
Red River. These buffered them from the more fierce western tribes
and acted as traders and go-betweens. This is a carefully researched and documented book on
the little understood Tejas/Hasinai, who welcomed the first Europeans
into Texas, helped them get a foothold from which Texas grew and for whom Texas is named. This volume begins with early man, proceeds to the
hunter-gatherers, mound builders, to the tribes as first found and
recorded by the early diarists and follows them to their loss of power,
then on to the Brazos Texas reservation and their removal to Oklahoma. Includes the many immigrant Indians
who moved into East Texas and explains the phenomenon involving this
complicated, little understood history. No, the Cherokee are not
Texas Indians and no, there are no reservations for any native Texas
Indians. Very interesting, carefully footnoted for explanations and
for researchers. The best ever written. A must for all history
lovers and researchers, with many illustrations.
Postage free.
