HIST 2301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-6: Corpus Christi Bay, Galveston Bay, Spanish Texas
Beyond Myths & Legends ch 1-6
Chapter One – Before European Contact
1. 2. Pre – Columbian Native Americans: Some General Similarities
• Profound belief in supernatural forces/ use of shamans
• Strong oral traditions
• Little belief of private ownership of land
1. Pre – Columbian Native Americans: Some General Differences
• Orientation of life/food acquisition
• Tribal Customs
• Distinct Languages
2. Midland Minnie pg.3 - 4
• The midland Minnie was found in 1953,she became the first mother of Texas
3. atl-atl pg. 5
• Miies people developed this weapon for hunting by using a stick with a notch
where the end of the spear could rest , thus giving more leverage to make more
powerful throws over longer distances.
4. Agricultural Revolution pg. 7
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• Major shift in the woodland era from hunting & gathering meat to a culture of
farming .
5. American Triad/Three Sisters pg. 7, 42
• The first crops were corn/maize, variations of beans and squash
• Wild Mexican grass was corn
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6. Caddo location, beliefs and lifestyle pg pg. 2, 9-11, 33, 35, 42, 50
• Settled in the Piney woods of East Texas
• Maintained lifestyles with complex social mores, large villages, temple mounds,
and flourishing agriculture.
• The Hasinai were the most significant caddo tribe in East Texas.
• Caddo mainly owned land to the east of Oklahoma and North Easter Texas for
about 1000 years before the Europeans arrived.
• They were distantly related to other Native groups near the Mississippi river
and near Louisiana due to their similarity in dress and mound building
• Caddo wore feathered head gear and robes
• Their living structures bee hive shaped and could get up to 15ft high , they
held large families and extended families
• The Caddo eet oadi , the ee statioa , agiultuist
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• The women tended the corn, bean, and squash plants, mean supplemented
the diet by hunting and fishing
• They were involved in extensive trade with the east, north, and west based on
items that were unearthed. They were known to be friendly unless provoked.
• The Caddo greeting was to the Spanish as what sounded like Tejas (Texas) ,
Caddo country was referred to as Texas.
7. Comanche
• They migrated towards old faithful, they started harnessing horses they were
moving upward
• They become a force to be reckoned with after getting their horses, they dominated
The South and near Kansas and Oklahoma , they exerted so much control over the area
they eventually drove the Apache out
• The women stretched out buffalo hides and scraped them down and hung the
buffalo meat to dry
• They used the buffalo for everything and anything they could. They made shelters,
clothing, meals, bones for tools ,medicine, or weapons from the buffalo. They uses the
stomach and bladders of the buffalo as storage for water. They used the horns for
storage and to make tools, weapons, or jewelry. Used blood for paint. Used fat for fuel
and poop for fuel after drying it out for fire. They used the tail for fly swatters. They
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Document Summary
Chapter one before european contact: 2. 7: major shift in the woodland era from hunting & gathering meat to a culture of farming , american triad/(cid:862)three sisters(cid:863) pg. 7, 42: the first crops were corn/maize, variations of beans and squash, wild mexican grass was corn, caddo location, beliefs and lifestyle pg pg. They were known to be friendly unless provoked: the caddo greeting was to the spanish as what sounded like tejas (texas) , Caddo country was referred to as texas: comanche, they migrated towards old faithful, they started harnessing horses they were moving upward, they become a force to be reckoned with after getting their horses, they dominated. They made shelters, clothing, meals, bones for tools ,medicine, or weapons from the buffalo. They uses the stomach and bladders of the buffalo as storage for water. They used the horns for storage and to make tools, weapons, or jewelry.
