USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -There are several legends about the meaning of the word Tejas. Most agree that the name originally came from the Hasinais Caddo Indians who lived around what is now the Nacogdoches area. Taysha was their word for “friend” or “ally”. This group was actually made up of several tribes who worked and lived together.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tejas is the Spanish spelling of a Caddo word taysha, which means “friend” or “ally".

Detailed explanation-3: -In fact, Texas as a Spanish province was named for the Hasinai people with the term for friends or allies-Ta’ sha.

Detailed explanation-4: -Caddo, one tribe within a confederacy of North American Indian tribes comprising the Caddoan linguistic family. Their name derives from a French truncation of kadohadacho, meaning “real chief” in Caddo.

Detailed explanation-5: -Spaniards referred to a prominent group of Caddo Indians as the Tejas, a word derived from the Caddo term for ‘friend’ or ‘ally. ‘ Thus, the Spanish province of Tejas, the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas, and the historic trail traversing them owe their name to the Caddo language.