Karankawa

The story of America and its culture begins in 1492, with its discovery by an Italian explorer named Christopher Columbus, which is what we think, but in reality America was inhabited by Native Americans for hundreds, even thousands of years, before its discovery. The European who landed in the “New World” faced many adversities whom the Native Americans assisted. Although the Native Americans accepted and assisted the European settlers they had a relationship of conflict and tensions due to the

About Port Aransas, Texas http://www.cityofportaransas.org/index.cfm Along the shores of East Texas a group of barrier Islands guard the Lonestar State from the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Just north of Padre Island is one of the longest barrier islands abutting the coastal waters. Known as Mustang Island, the 18-mile-long land mass extends from Port Aransas to Corpus Christi. To date, Port Aransas is the only established town on the island. The beautiful port city is home to gorgeous beaches

René-Robert Cavelier was born November 21, 1643, in Rouen, France. From a young age, Cavalier went to school to study to be a Jesuit. In 1660, at the age of 17, he enrolled in Collége Henri IV, a Jesuit school near Angers, to further his studies. In 1663, King Louis XIV (14) declares New France (present-day Canada) a French Province, and La Salle seizes his chance. A few years later, at 22, La Salle left his religious training in search of a valid exploit to add to his name. He sailed to New France

wraparound skirts. This tribe are more warlike than other tribes.Their religion was about the worship of the sun. if they did not live in the gulf region they would not be able to fish or hunt like they do. Another tribe that lived in the gulf is the Karankawa tribe. Like the atakapa they would eat captured leaders but this was not their food source. They lived in tiny huts made from tree trunks it was covered by woven grass mats. They often ate oysters and was their primary food source. They also eat

A small, quaint beach is located in Texas, and is known by the name of Galveston. It has a very vivid and interesting backstory, more so than cities twenty times its size. Galveston Beach was originally home to Akokisa and Karankawa Native Americans during 1528. Robert Cavelier La Salle, a French explorer, claimed the land for King Louis, naming it St. Louis in the late 1600s. Later, in 1786, Galveston was named for Bernardo de Galvez; he was a Spanish general and governor of colonies, and he sent

Texas Rangers My interest in researching the Texas Rangers was to find out how they came to be, how did their legacy survive and what has become of them? The Rangers are unique frontiersman for this great state of Texas. This state held every hope and hardship that pioneers faced in the nation’s westward expansion. For every story I read I felt I was looking through a window about the past and trying the get a whole new picture of today’s Texas Rangers. The Texas Ranger are respected, admired

SECTION TWO: Anglo Expansion: B. In less than thirty-year’s time, Texas was a province in New Spain, a frontier state of Mexico, its own independent republic, and ultimately the twenty-eighth state admitted into the United States. Explain how this transformation occurred. Was there one key event that signaled the transformation, or was it due to a combination of forces and if so, what were they? Back to history, Texas was inhabitant by indigenous people and domination of their cultures lived in this

Before the European settlers came to the Eastern seaboard, the Native Americans lived among themselves and fought each other for dominion. When the Europeans landed and began building houses; state and resources became scarce for the Indians causing a breach between the two groups. The Europeans “Puritans, Spaniards, French” had an altogether different perspective on living life than the Indians got along. Furthermore, the way the Indians were treated by the European settlers was wrong and inhumane

Texas is unlike other states in that is so full of history that has, to this day, continued to form our cultures, views, and laws. It is important to recognize the countries that have played a role in creating the great State of Texas, and we do so by flying the six flags of the countries/republics that have, at one point or another in history, laid claim to this land. These six flags are: the Spanish flag, the French Flag, the Mexican flag, the flag of the Republic of Texas, the flag of the Confederate

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