Karankawa

She didn't put him down into the water -- she didn't really want to submerge his back -- but when they got back to thigh-high for him, she set him down and they walked along the shore in the water, talking about the Karankawa and Jean Lafitte.

MORE FROM GINNY BATES: AT THE BEACH IN 1994 Maggie Jochild 2007

Karankawa, an Indian language of Texas, _kwa'-an_, "child, young," signifies literally "growing," from _ka'-awan_, "to grow" (said of animals and plants).

The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Alexander F. Chamberlain

But, odd as this jumble seems, it is more than matched by that found in the scale of the Karankawa Indians, [102] an extinct tribe formerly inhabiting the coast region of Texas.

The Number Concept Its Origin and Development Levi Leonard Conant

Candelaria mission was attacked by the Coco, a Karankawa band, and

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

Chefdeville, ____, Sulpician -- killed by Karankawa (?), Texas.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

In 1722 the mission of Guadalupe was established at Bahia, on Lavaca (Matagorda) Bay among the Karankawa.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

The Karankawa formerly dwelt upon the Texan coast, according to Sibley, upon an island or peninsula in the Bay of St. Bernard (Matagorda Bay).

Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 John Wesley Powell 1868

Attakapa language reputed to be spoken by the Karankawa 82

Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 John Wesley Powell 1868

Tonkawe at Fort Griffin, Texas, who claimed to have formerly lived among the Karankawa.

Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 John Wesley Powell 1868

Attacapan researches 57 cited on Caddo habitat 61 on the habitat of the Karankawa 82 states distinctness of Tonika language 125

Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 John Wesley Powell 1868