Caddo Native Americans

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Caddo Native Americans

• The Caddo were farmers who lived in East Texas.
  There were two main groups of the Caddo in Texas.
  

2
Caddo Region

• The Caddo lived in east Texas in the piney
  forests. (Piney Woods)
• This is a good climate for farming. There are
  many springs, creeks, streams and several large
  rivers in this area.

3
Caddo Trade

• Bows and arrows were the favorite weapon for
  hunting and for war. The bois de arc only grows
  in this region, so the Caddo had all the bois de
  arc wood.
• They made bows to trade with other Indian tribes
  

4
Caddo Trade

• The women made pottery to use and for trade.
• The Caddo also traded some of their crops for
  things they needed.

5
Caddo Shelter

• The Caddo lived in tall cone shaped grass huts.
  To build a hut, they made a wood frame and
  covered it with cut cane and long grasses.

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Caddo Shelter

• These huts were nicely furnished inside with
  furniture and were quite comfortable.
• The inside of the huts had woven grass and split
  cane mats on the floors. These same mats were
  hung up as partitions inside the hut. Often
  several families would live in one hut.

7
Caddo Shelter

• The summer house had no sides on it, only a roof.
  
• The floor was raised up off the ground and was
  made of woven cane or split wood. This helped
  keep it cooler.

8
Caddo Food

• They were farmers. They planted crops in large
  clearings in the woods. They raised corn, beans
  and squash. They also hunted the deer, turkey,
  rabbits, squirrels and other animals in the pine
  woods around them.

9
Caddo Food

• The women would gather wild plant food like
  acorns, black berries, persimmons, roots and many
  other plants and fruits. But, farming corn,
  beans, and squash provided the main source of
  food.

10
Caddo Tools

• Because they lived in the woods they used wood
  for many things.
• To cut down trees they used stone axes.