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The Karankawa's autonym is Né-ume, meaning "the people". [1]The name Karakawa has numerous spellings in Spanish, French, and English. [1] [12]Swiss-American ethnologist Albert S. Gatschet wrote that the name Karakawa may have come from the Comecrudo terms klam or glám, meaning "dog", and kawa, meaning "to love, like, to be fond of."
c. 15,500 year old arrowhead; oldest verified arrowhead in the Americas, found in Texas. [1] c. 11,500 BCE – Start of Clovis Culture in North America. c. 10,200 BCE – Cooper Bison skull is painted with a red zigzag in present-day Oklahoma, becoming the oldest known painted object in North America.
1539–1540: Gaitana of the Paez leads the indigenous people of Colombia in armed resistance against the Spanish. [33] ~1540: The Codice Casanatense describes the residents of Patna as "very warlike", with the women of the city accompanying the men to fight, followed by an illustration of 2 Patnan women shooting arrows from horseback. [34]
Using an estimate of approximately 37 million people in Mexico, Central and South America in 1492 (including 6 million in the Aztec Empire, 5–10 million in the Mayan States, 11 million in what is now Brazil, and 12 million in the Inca Empire), the lowest estimates give a population decrease from all causes of 80% by the end of the 17th ...
Check out what life was like in North Texas town of Weatherford, the Parker County seat since the mid-1800s. We assembled these photos from the Star-Telegram archives.
Texas regiments fought in every major battle throughout the war. After the capture of New Orleans in 1862, slave owners with means to move forced the resettlement of enslaved people to Texas to escape the Union Army's reach. The last battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Palmito Ranch, was fought in Texas on May 12, 1865. The 2nd Texas Cavalry ...
Keller, Texas, during the 1920s-1950s. Greater Fort Worth International Airport’s 1953 grand opening. Fort Worth Stock Show, 1930s to 1950s. Creepy clowns in Fort Worth. Queen Elizabeth visits ...
Six Flags opened in 1961 in Arlington. These photos from the Star-Telegram show long-gone rides, historic moments and fun memories from the 1960s into into 2010s.