southeastern cultures chapter 3:2. caddos farmers in the piney woods
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Southeastern Southeastern CulturesCultures
Chapter 3:2Chapter 3:2
CaddosCaddos
Farmers in the Farmers in the Piney WoodsPiney Woods
CaddosCaddos Most Most advancedadvanced
tribetribe Farmers, not Farmers, not
nomadic nomadic Fishermen Fishermen PotteryPottery Traders:Traders: ConfederaciesConfederacies
A A “confederacy” “confederacy” is a group is a group or association of groupsor association of groups
One leader handled One leader handled ReligiousReligious affairs while affairs while
another leader oversaw another leader oversaw matters of matters of
War and PeaceWar and Peace
Caddo CropsCaddo Crops SquashSquash BeansBeans CornCorn Pumpkins Pumpkins WatermelonsWatermelons PeachesPeaches TobaccoTobacco
Caddo TradingCaddo Trading Salt, pottery, & Salt, pottery, &
wooden bows wooden bows for hides, for hides, turquoise, & turquoise, & blanketsblankets
WichitasWichitas
Farmers of the Farmers of the Cross TimbersCross Timbers
WichitasWichitas Lived in present-Lived in present-
day Dallas areaday Dallas area Came from Came from
KansasKansas Farmers and Farmers and
huntershunters Made clay pots, Made clay pots,
tools, & leather tools, & leather bagsbags
WichitasWichitas Great huntersGreat hunters Horses Horses
importantimportant
The Wichitas were often The Wichitas were often in battlein battle
… … primarily with the primarily with the SpanishSpanish
AtakapansAtakapans Lived on the Lived on the
Texas Coast Texas Coast between between Galveston Bay Galveston Bay and the Sabine and the Sabine RiverRiver
Similar to the Similar to the KarankawasKarankawas
The Gulf CultureThe Gulf CultureGatherersGatherers
CoahuiltecansCoahuiltecansScavengers of the Scavengers of the South Texas PlainsSouth Texas Plains
CoahuiltecansCoahuiltecans Very primitiveVery primitive Dry scrub-brush lands of South TexasDry scrub-brush lands of South Texas NomadicNomadic Always in search of Always in search of foodfood!!
Food Sources For Food Sources For CoahuiltecansCoahuiltecans:: RabbitsRabbits
Wild hogsWild hogs SnakesSnakes LizardsLizards SpidersSpiders WormsWorms TermitesTermites AntsAnts
Bows and ArrowsBows and Arrows
TomahawksTomahawks
Grass Baskets;Grass Baskets;
No PotteryNo Pottery
ShamansShamans ““Witch Doctors” with Witch Doctors” with
Unusual Healing PowerUnusual Healing Power
-They Led Religious -They Led Religious Ceremonies and Cared for Ceremonies and Cared for
the Sickthe Sick
KarankawasKarankawas
Cannibals of the Cannibals of the CoastCoast
KarankawasKarankawas Texas coast Texas coast
between between Galveston Bay and Galveston Bay and Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi
NomadicNomadic No fishing hooks – No fishing hooks –
fish traps made of fish traps made of cane stalkscane stalks
Poles and Poles and CanoesCanoes (hollowed tree (hollowed tree trunks)trunks)
The Karankawas lived The Karankawas lived near forests in the near forests in the
SpringSpring and and SummerSummer, , and moved to the and moved to the seasea in in
FallFall and and WinterWinter
Karankawa Food SourcesKarankawa Food Sources::
FishFish PorpoisesPorpoises ClamsClams OystersOysters SeaweedSeaweed DeerDeer RabbitsRabbits
KarankawasKarankawas wore little wore little clothing; tall and clothing; tall and
muscularmuscularInsect repellant = Insect repellant =
Alligator fatAlligator fat
SomeSome Believe the Karankawas Believe the Karankawas
were Cannibals …were Cannibals … Power and strength over Power and strength over enemies, enemies, notnot hunger … hunger …
- Roasted small bits of flesh- Roasted small bits of flesh