A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . endly until the cowardly murder of theirchief, Ca)ioma, by the white men, converted them into enemies. 6. T/if Coahuiltecan (c6-a-wel-ta-kan) /Y^;;///).—This group coahuiitecanis named for the State of Coahuila, in which they originally ^^ ^partly lived, and sometimes they are spoken of as Tejanos(ta-ha-n5s). There were many of these tribes in Texas, along the Rio Grande and in the neighborhood of Be-jar and La Bahia, extending into Tamaulipas, New Leon, andCoahuila. Among them maybe mentioned the Jaranamas (hiir
A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . endly until the cowardly murder of theirchief, Ca)ioma, by the white men, converted them into enemies. 6. T/if Coahuiltecan (c6-a-wel-ta-kan) /Y^;;///).—This group coahuiitecanis named for the State of Coahuila, in which they originally ^^ ^partly lived, and sometimes they are spoken of as Tejanos(ta-ha-n5s). There were many of these tribes in Texas, along the Rio Grande and in the neighborhood of Be-jar and La Bahia, extending into Tamaulipas, New Leon, andCoahuila. Among them maybe mentioned the Jaranamas (hiir-an-ii-mas) or Aranamas, who were mission Indians of Espiritu AranamasSanto and La Bahia, Aniiquas, Tacomas, Patacales, Pajalates,Tamaquez, Cotonames, Venados, and many others, some ofwhom were probably merely totem clans. 7. The Iroqiioian Family.—Of this formidable and historic iroquoiangroup, the only representative in Texas was the Cherokee tribe, ^ ^ 90 A COMPLETE HISTORY OF TEXAS. PkRI(i|> I. SpanishDomination 1528 TOI82I Karankawanfamily Karanka%vas. KidWA (mil Muskhogcanfamily Alibamus andCushattas —perhaps the most interesting- and civilized, as it has beenthe most important single tribe, in American history. When,in consequence of treaties and cessions between the UnitedStates and the Cherokee Nation, the latter was largely removedwest of the Mississippi River, from 1818 to 1833, bands ofCherokees came into Texas, and the relations of the Republicand State of Texas with them constitute an important chapter inour sulwequent history. 8. The Karankawan Family.—This family was composed ofthe single tribe of the Karankawas in Texas, who dwelt on SanBernard or Matagorda Bay and the adjacent coast. They werea ferocious, brutal, and degraded tribe, said to be cannibals,and it was with them La Salle first came in contact when helanded at the mouth of the Guadalupe River. They werephysically very large, armed with long bows, and hideously dec-orated with painting and
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