PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA
COASTAL PLAINS
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first arrived in East Texas in the 1800s.
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roamed the bayous near modern-day Houston.
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were nomads without permanent homes.
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lived in large villages along the Red River.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Caddo proper originally occupied the lower Red River area in what are now Louisiana and Arkansas. In the late 17th century they numbered approximately 8, 000 persons living in villages scattered along the Red River and its tributaries.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Caddo originated in the lower Mississippi Valley and spread west along the river systems. Sometime between 700 and 800 they settled the area between the Arkansas River and the middle reaches of the Red, Sabine, Angelina, and Neches rivers and adopted agriculture.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Caddo people settled all along the Red River, dividing themselves into three confederations, the Hasinai, Kadohadacho, and Natchitoches, and branched out into many affiliated tribes.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Caddos were the most advanced Native American culture in Texas. They lived in tall, grass-covered houses in large settlements with highly structured social, religious and political systems. The Caddos raised corn, beans, squash and other crops.
Detailed explanation-5: -Caddo people began to inhabit the Red River valley approximately 2, 500 years ago. Around that time, the ancestors of the southern Caddos began to settle in permanent villages, build the first mounds, cultivate plants, and develop the use of ceramics.