Cabeza de Vaca
meets the
Coahuiltecans
Kendra Thomas
Rodolfo Salgado
Rebecca Franco
Brian Rea
Kevin Landin
Native American Groups
• Karankawa
• Comanche
• Caddos
• Wacos
• Coahuiltecans
• Wichita
• Atakapan
Map
The map tells
where all the
Native
Americans lived.
The Karankawa
• They lived south of the Caddo, on the coast of the Gulf
of Mexico.
• They were called nomads.
• When it is winter they lived on shores and islands off
the coast.
The Comanche
• They lived in Southern Plains.
(This is what happened in the Southern Plains .)
• They could speak at least seven different languages.
• They sold the horses that
they had stolen from other people.
The Caddo’s
• More from 1,200 years ago the Caddo moved South
by Piney Woods.
• They worked together to grow new crops at the fields.
• The Caddo made pottery ,so they traded pottery and
food for what they needed.
• The Caddo were
farmers.
The Waco Indians
• The Waco Indians lived in Waco l like they’re name
“Waco”.
• They had houses that were about 30 to 40 feet long.
• They lived in
hay houses.
The Coahuiltecans
• They worked very hard and they traded with other
people and had lots of celebrations!
• They spent they’re whole summer picking cactuses to
eat for dinner.
• They had mobile groups
when they went hunting.
The Wichita
• Coronado came to Wichita in 1541 in the great land of
the Arkansas River.
• He came about over 450 years ago.
• They killed the skins of cattle for the herds where they
lived.
• They had enemies
The Atakapan
• The Atakapan are the hardest working group ever.
• They helped each other and shared things with
everyone.
• They lived by a river named Natchez Mississippi.
• The Atakapan is actually a language, not really a
tribe.
• Choctaw is a word meaning
“man eaters” in Atakapan.
Spanish Explorers
•Christopher Columbus
•Alonso Alvarez de Piñeda
•Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca
•Francisco Vasquez de
Coronado
•Sieur de La’Salle
Christopher Columbus
[Notes About Christopher Columbus]
• He sold things , when he was thirteen[13].
• He took three ships named (La Niña, la Piñta , Santa
Maria).
• He set sail in 1492 – About 519 years ago.
• He landed on an island called Hispanola – Southwestern
Coast of the United States (and thought they were
Indians).
• He explored places and then went back
and told The Spanish king and queen
what he explored.
Alonso Alvarez de Piñeda
• He sailed in 1519 all the way to Texas.
• He created the 1st maps of the Texas coast.
• He was from the country of Spain.
Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de
Vaca
• He was from the country of Spain.
• He went in 1527 to the United States
about 500 years ago.
• He took 600 explorers with him.
• They got lost in the swamps of Florida.
• 85 people died and 15 people survived.
• Coahuiltecans and Cabeza de Vaca
began to be friends.
CAVEZA DE VACA and the
COAHUILTECANS
• THEY WERE SO HUNGRY THAT THEY WOULD EVEN EAT WHAT
EVER THEY WOULD FIND THAT WAS UNUSUAL FOODS.
• THEY FOUGHT THE MOSQUITOES.
• THEY WOULD FIND A WAY TO GET WARM.
• THEY WOULD HUNT ANIMALS TO EAT.
• THEY WOULD EAT FIGS ON THEIR WAY BACK
AND WHEN THEY CELEBRATE THEY DANCE ALL
NIGHT LONG.
La Relación
Francisco Vasquez de
Coronado
• He came from Spain, then he went to Mexico, then he
came to Texas.
• They used boats then when they got to the island they
started walking up the hill.
Sieur de La’Salle
• He was the only explorer that was born in France.
• His own men killed him.
Timeline
1527
1492
Christopher
Columbus
Travelled by
boats to
discover the
Americans.
1519
Alonso Alvarez
De Pineda
Created the 1st
maps in the world
of the Texas Coast.
Cabeza de
Vaca travelled
to Texas with
600 men and
came back
with 15 men.
1535
Coronado
traveled to
different
cities to find
gold!
1682
La’Salle
travelled got
more boats and
he also died
because of hi
men.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
• http://decker4thgrade.wikispaces.com/
• http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/stplains/peoples/coahuiltecans.html
• http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/cabeza-de-vaca.