2.  The Caddo home are huts

3.  The Caddo hunted for buffalo.

4.  The Caddo also hunted deer hunted in the summer for there clothes.

5.  The Caddo were farmers who lived in East Texas. There were two main groups of the Caddo in Texas. One major Caddo tribe.

6.  By Mondreques Davis ; Editor

7.  There are a number of closely related tribes who also speak versions of the Caddo language. The Wichita, and the Pawnee are two important tribes who speak a form of Caddo

8.  The Caddo lived in east Texas in the piney forests. Look at the map of East Texas Indian lands. Their territory extended into Louisiana. Arkansas and Oklahoma. This region has a good annual rainfall and is in a temperate region. This is a good climate for farming. There are many springs, creeks, streams and several large rivers in this area.East Texas Indian lands

9.  For food these Indians farmed corn, beans, squash and other crops. They would also hunt deer and gather berries, roots, and nuts. Early European explorers reported finding the woods cleared like a European park.

10.  The Caddo lived in tall cone shaped grass huts. To build a hut, they made a wood frame and covered it with cut cane and long grasses. These huts were nicely furnished inside with furniture and were quite comfortable. One of the reasons the Spanish seemed to like the Caddo was because they had beds and chairs inside these huts

11.  Because they lived in the woods they used wood for many things. To cut down trees they used stone axes. Here is a stone axe. These were not very sharp and cutting down a tree took a long time and a lot of work.