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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.
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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.
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.
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.
26 lut 2021 · The Tonkawa Indians used this campsite on multiple occasions, probably as late as about 1840. The camp location was strategic for a number of reasons. First, it was near a natural crossing point of Walnut Creek (which can be seen in the previous photo).
