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Caddos

  • plural
    of Caddo.
    Caddo
    noun
    a member of any of several North American Indian tribes formerly located in Arkansas, Louisiana, and eastern Texas, and now living in Oklahoma.

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A large archaeology site was discovered about eight miles away, which is believed to have been occupied by Caddos around 1100 A.D.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 1, 2017

The Comanches call the Wichitas "Painted Faces"; Caddos call them "Tattooed Faces," both tribes using the same sign.

From Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 by Garrick Mallery

The earth was re-peopled from the loins of Sakechak; from him, from one family of Caddos, are all men descended.

From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 by James Athearn Jones

Page 101: The last sentence in the paragraph about the Caddos does not have an ending in the original book.

From Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians by W. H. Jackson

The Wichitas claim that they and the Caddos are one people.

From Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people by George Bird Grinnell

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