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12 mar 2021 · The Tonkawa Indians were actually a group of independent bands, the Tonkawas proper, the Mayeyes, and a number of smaller groups that may have included the Cava, Cantona, Emet, Sana, Toho, and Tohaha Indians. The remnants of these tribes united in the early eighteenth century in the region of Central Texas.
The Tonkawa lived in central Texas near modern Austin. Their historical territory was along the Balcones Escarpment between Austin and San Antonio. Originally the Tonkawa had a larger territory that included the hill country around Llano and Mason Texas.
By Kathryn Jones. Tonkawa Tribe members photographed in 1898. Photo courtesy Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma. Tonkawa Creek spills over time-worn rocky bluffs and splashes into a clear blue-green pool at Tonkawa Falls City Park in Crawford, a half-hour west of Waco.
Tonkawas originally lived in Central Texas along the streams and rivers. There were several bands that made up the Tonkawa tribe. The independent bands were the Tonkawa proper, the Mayeye, Yojaune, Ervipiame, and a number of smaller more obscure groups, the Cavas, Emet, Sana, Toho, and Tohaha.
Tonkawa, North American Indian tribe of what is now south-central Texas. Their language is considered by some to belong to the Coahuiltecan family and by others to be a distinct linguistic stock in the Macro-Algonquian phylum.
A group of Tonkawa Indians in 1898. Photo: the Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma. The Tonkawa also hunted deer and augmented their diet with a variety of animals, including fish and oysters (Newcomb 138). They practiced agriculture at times, but the historic record indicates that these attempts were isolated and short-lived.
8 maj 2024 · They lived along the Balcones Fault in Texas, around today's Austin, and down into San Antonio, and ranged from the Trinity River to the Nueces River. They may have been pushed out of their original homelands in the plains by larger tribes like the Caddos, Comanches and Wichitas.
