A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . They were a fierceand warlike tribe, and almost incessantlyat war, with Mexico first and afterwardswith Texas and the L^nited States. TheComanches were the hereditary foes ofboth the Lipans and Apaches, and it will beremembered that the Apache mission ofSan Saba was destroyed by the Comanchesin 1758. The tribe of the Apaches at times professed a dis-jjosition for peace and civilization, but invariably relapsed intosavagery, and their later history is a bloody and ferocious record,as well in Texas as in Mexico and the United St
A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . They were a fierceand warlike tribe, and almost incessantlyat war, with Mexico first and afterwardswith Texas and the L^nited States. TheComanches were the hereditary foes ofboth the Lipans and Apaches, and it will beremembered that the Apache mission ofSan Saba was destroyed by the Comanchesin 1758. The tribe of the Apaches at times professed a dis-jjosition for peace and civilization, but invariably relapsed intosavagery, and their later history is a bloody and ferocious record,as well in Texas as in Mexico and the United States. 4. F/ic Attakapan Family.—The name of this linguisticgroup is from a Choctaw word meaning man-eater. Theywere located in early times along the Louisiana and Texas boun-dary, very few of them living or coming into Texas. They seemto have had some connection with the Karankavvas, who li\edfarther down the coast, and the tribe is now extinct. 5. The Caddoan Family.—This was a large and powerfulgroup, including the Pawnees, of Nebraska, and the Ricarecs or. y\N AiAfni; Inijian. SPANISH DISCOVERY AND DOMINATION IN TEXAS. 89 Aricaras, of Dakota and Montana. In Texas it was represented period i. SpanishDomination by the loniesor Tachies, Nabadaches or Nacogdoches, Wichitiis,Kechais or Keechies, the Caddos proper, Wacos, Towash, Ana- darkos, and Tawakanas or Tehuacanas. The name Caddo meant to chiefs or chief men. In Texas, the Caddoan tribes occu- 1821 pied the northeast and most of the eastern part of the province,while some of them, like the Wichitas, extended westward tothe country along the mountains and rivers of the upper Cross-Timbers. The Caddos proper were in Louisiana and just across Locationthe line in Texas. The Keechies were located on the Trinityand east to Red River ; the Wacos on the Brazos near thecity which preserves their memory ; the Tawakanas farthereast, where the Spanish form of their name is perpetuated inthe Tehuacana Hills and Springs ; the Towash h
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