October 11 2007
Daily Agenda• Quiz• Notes Puebloan and
Gulf Coast Indians• Finish Indian Books
Quiz – Oct 11
• Name the 10 Texas rivers we have reviewed.
Jumanos/ Tiguas
• Farmed• Hunted• Foraged – mesquite beans, prickly pear cactus• Different from other Indians, Men did most of
the farming
Jumanos
• Farmed along Rio Grande• Name means “human”• “Striped People” – painted lines on their faces• No trace of them today but left pictographs on
cliffs around the Pecos/Rio Grande rivers
Tigua
• Oldest still living in TX today – El Paso area• Settled along Rio Grande – irrigated fields• Established the first permanent town in TX –
Ysleta• Kiva – room where religious ceremonies were
held
Gulf Coast Indians
• Coahuiltecans• Karankawa• Most primitive of all native tribes• Both lived in crude huts called wicki-ups
Coahuiltecans
• Hunter-gatherers• Least warlike• Best cases for Spanish missionaries• Consistent food was scarce
– Ate snakes, lizards, worms, snails, rotten wood– 2nd Harvest
Karankawa
• Lived mostly on Seafood• Very tall men 6ft+• Dugout logs and made canoes• Sticks pierced through lips• Cannibalistic• Dog Lovers• Died out as a result of diseases from Spanish