September 19th
Daily Agenda
• Notes CH 2 Section 2 + 3
Quiz – 19/191. Name the three
groups of Prehistoric Texans
2. What was the name of the land bridge the first natives crossed to get to North America?
Texas Rivers
Southeastern Indians
• Caddo – “Mound Builders”– Most advanced culture– Confederacies – alliances of people or groups that
unite for a common purpose
Food
• Sedentary Farming – stays in one place• Hunted• Foraged for fruits and berries• Fished with Trotlines
Shelter
• Dome Shaped Straw Huts
Customs
• Women leaders• Cotton Clothes-------> farming• Pottery• Marriage Proposal – men left venison on
family’s doorstep • Most Civilized• Caddo “Friend” = Tayshas--->Tejas--->Texas• What is the Texas state Motto?
Mound Building• For religious and burial purposes• Caddoan Mounds State Park in Cherokee CO.• Near Alto, Texas
How were they Built?
What were they built for?
Mounds Sites in United States
Wichita
• Lived between Trinity and Brazos Rivers• Wichita Falls Texas• Later moved North to Kansas ---> Wichita KS• Became integrated with Kiowa and other
Plains Indian tribes
Food
• Farmed – corn, pumpkins, squash, melons, beans, plum trees
• Hunted• Foraged for fruits and berries
Shelter
• Grass Huts
• Tipis – cone shaped tent made of poles and animal skins
• Tipis are mobile, ideal for traveling hunters
Customs
• Women leaders• Friendly, traded with French• Raccoon Eyes• Tattoos on Men and Women
Atakapan
• In Choctaw the name Atakapa means “eaters of man” – many believe it was a ritual to keep their enemies from joining them in the after life
• Believed in head flattening - At birth mothers tied a thin board to babies forehead till it formed a slanting forehead.
Plains Indians
• Relied more on Hunting – Buffalo• Nomadic – Tipis• Groups are:– Comanche– Apache– Kiowa– Tonkawa
Comanche
• Buffalo Hunters• Nomadic Tipis• Hostile warriors • Best horsemen of all Indians• Scalped Enemies• War Paint• Ate Buffalo intestines with Feces still inside!
Apache
• Name means “Enemy”• Nomadic, followed Buffalo• Crushed skulls of enemies• Stole Spanish mustangs – better equipped for
long distances w/o water• Ate their own body lice• Farmed in villages when not chasing Buffalo
Kiowa
• Buffalo• Nomads, tipis• Worshipped the Sun, did sundances after
victories in war• Rabbit Society• Allies with Commanche
Tonkawa
• Lived in Texas Hill Country• Mostly foragers…less Buffalo in area• Dome shaped Huts• Believe they came from wolves• Wolf Tattoos• 1st to use horses to hunt
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