PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA
COASTAL PLAINS
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built houses shaped like cones.
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used alligator oil as an insect repellant.
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have the oldest reservation in Texas.
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fished from dugout canoes.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the Atakapan creation myth, man was said to have been cast up from the sea in an oyster shell. The Atakapas also believed that men who died from snakebite and those who had been eaten by other men were denied life after death, a creed that may give support to the idea that they practiced ritual cannibalism.
Detailed explanation-2: -Atakapans and Karankawas along the coast ate bears, deer, alligators, clams, ducks, oysters, and turtles extensively. Caddos in the lush eastern area grew beans, pumpkins, squash, and sunflowers, in addition to hunting bears, deer, water fowl and occasionally buffalo.
Detailed explanation-3: -Relics of Atakapa-Ishak names include Anacoco, Calcasieu, Carencro, Lacassine, Mamou, Mermentau, Opelousas, Teche and others.