1. Southeastern Cultures
Chapter 3:2

2. Farmers in the Piney Woods
Caddos
Farmers in the Piney Woods

3. Caddos Most advanced tribe Farmers, not nomadic Fishermen Pottery
Traders:
Confederacies

4. A “confederacy” is a group or association of groups

5. One leader handled Religious affairs while another leader oversaw matters of War and Peace

6. Caddo Crops
Squash
Beans
Corn
Pumpkins
Watermelons
Peaches
Tobacco

7. Caddo Trading
Salt, pottery, & wooden bows for hides, turquoise, & blankets

8. Farmers of the Cross Timbers
Wichitas
Farmers of the Cross Timbers

9. Wichitas Lived in present-day Dallas area Came from Kansas
Farmers and hunters
Made clay pots, tools, & leather bags

10. Wichitas
Great hunters
Horses important

11. The Wichitas were often in battle
… primarily with the Spanish

13. Atakapans
Lived on the Texas Coast between Galveston Bay and the Sabine River
Similar to the Karankawas

14. The Gulf Culture Gatherers

15. Scavengers of the South Texas Plains
Coahuiltecans
Scavengers of the South Texas Plains

16. Coahuiltecans Very primitive Dry scrub-brush lands of South Texas
Nomadic
Always in search of food!

17. Food Sources For Coahuiltecans:
Rabbits
Wild hogs
Snakes
Lizards
Spiders
Worms
Termites
Ants

18. Tomahawks Grass Baskets; No Pottery
Bows and Arrows
Tomahawks
Grass Baskets;
No Pottery

19. Shamans “Witch Doctors” with Unusual Healing Power
-They Led Religious Ceremonies and Cared for the Sick

21. Karankawas
Cannibals of the Coast

22. Karankawas Texas coast between Galveston Bay and Corpus Christi
Nomadic
No fishing hooks – fish traps made of cane stalks
Poles and Canoes (hollowed tree trunks)

23. The Karankawas lived near forests in the Spring and Summer, and moved to the sea in Fall and Winter

24. Karankawa Food Sources:
Fish
Porpoises
Clams
Oysters
Seaweed
Deer
Rabbits

25. Karankawas wore little clothing; tall and muscular
Insect repellant = Alligator fat

26. Some Believe the Karankawas were Cannibals …
Power and strength over enemies, not hunger …
- Roasted small bits of flesh