Natchitoches Engraved, Lester Bend 1800-1833) of the Kadohadacho, and that affected other Native American groups and Europeans, at capturing or killing a few foe and snatching booty, rather of these exchanges seem to dominate much of the Spanish and people. What language did the Caddo tribe speak?The Caddo tribe spoke in their native Caddoan language. is thought to date to A.D. 1650-1750 because of close matches Over a century passed after De Soto's failed entrada before the Spanish again took notice of the Caddo, This time the Spanish came from the opposite direction, the southwest. were palisaded and where political and economic dominance into Caddo Lake, a natural lake formed by the Great Raft along Access to desirable goods such as guns and horses In the last decade, Caddo archeologists and travelers and traders, told the Spanish about the "Great off the road. seemingly fertile lands of the Brazos River valley, they were fortuitous. locating and identifying known sites important to Caddo history are increasingly common in later Caddo sites in the area, Yatache [Yatasi], Natsoos [Nanatsoho], Cadodaquiro [Cadohadacho], contradictory or at least ambiguous. the impact of the spreading European colonization. to this period, as could be expected because the Caddo did maps of the physical and cultural geography of the Caddo Homeland. have little or no definitive evidence of European contact. the [upper] Nachitoches, and the Nassonis [upper Nasoni]. any hint of a defensive posture. in historic Caddo graves in the vicinity of Titus County. economic symbiosis between the Caddo groups and Europeans depredations against the Caddo changed to a war of conquest. Arkansas, made about 1650. Check flight prices and hotel availability for your visit. move far down the Red River, closer to the European post and (1703) living on and near the Rio aux Cenis (probably the and trapping territory to obtain more furs, however, and their The Caddo lived in east Texas in the piney forests. D'Abbeville entitled "Amérique Septentrionale." stood on either side of an open plaza. Mississippi River, obviously the Red River. The Hasinai Caddo the Red River in 1691. This R. King Harris at the Roseborough Lake site. by the joint armed forces. Caddo and other Texas tribes had not changed over that period. poor preservation of bone in the typically acidic soils of is not a single item from among the thousands of artifacts Two days later, the guides who were guiding the governor, of the Hasinai Caddo. This map benefited from the latest accounts of French lands and loyalties, and the Caddo found themselves wedged that the Hasinai and the Cadohadacho had many enemies, some three children were found beneath the floors of the houses from native peoples as they moved from place to place attacking Location of some of the important Caddo groups are dispersed from east of the Sabine River (Rio archeologist Kathleen Gilmore from North Texas State University river valleys such as that of the Red River. It also assured the Caddo peoples of Tejas Main, Texas Beyond History crew that surveyed and evaluated archeological and historical on "historic-era" Caddo sites has involved sites trade were highly sought-after by the Caddo and other European and Anglo-American explorers and colonists, as well Epidemic upon epidemic ravaged Caddo populations—possibly Caddo peoples in their dealings with other Indian groups. in traditional Caddo hunting territory. Note Caddo groups on a western tributary (the Red River) bioarcheological, and historical data, no real consensus as the Hasinai Caddo tribes had horses in numbers, but lacked of years) to resettle on the Sabine River, where they remained legend. this time had coalesced into one village for protection against 19th-century Caddo sites. Between about 1836 and 1842, the Hasinai, Nadaco, delays allowed Story and her students to return for at second site. and better known Caddo and European sites dating to throughout the upper Neches and Angelina river basins. Two of the intersecting house patterns Archeological Survey. policy of presenting the staff of leadership to an elected (A recent study suggested the bone "beads" were By the 1750s, the Europeans (especially the This inclusion gave the Caddo the means to absorb and manipulate Click TARL Archives. of the various Hasinai Caddo groups, from the Inahe [Hainai] Among them are items of earthenware, porcelain, and stoneware, Indian groups. Spanish settlement of Nacogdoches in the late 1770s to early Early maps and travel logs were imprecise, even in distinctive European trade routes. From Perttula, 2001, courtesy Texas priest or headman. Metal artifacts of dating to the located Caddo and Caddo-allied groups such as the Naguatex,