Karankawa Indians
BY:Luke and Asher and Paxton
Clothing
They didn't wear much clothing.The women wore grass skirts and men and children went naked.They covered themselves in animal fat and grease to keep bugs away.They put tattoos on themselves from head to toe with cool designs . They also pierced themselves too.
Way of life
Way of life
They were hunters and fisherman. They hunted small animals and birds. They captured warrior leaders and killed them to take the magic powers.They treated some people way better than others.
Geographic region
They lived along the Gulf of Mexico in the Costal Plains Region .
Characteristics
They were hunters,and a myth was they were cannibals.they were pretty.
They hunted with long bows.communicated with smoke signals.
Shelter
Their houses were small huts made of long tree trunks or limbs bent over and tied.
Where are they now
They are not living anymore.They all died out in the mid - 1800 by diseases.
Interesting facts
They invented the long bows.
They traveled by land and canoe.
Karankawa means dog lover.
Language
Dog - kiss
knife - silakay
Alligator - hoko
bow - gai
chief - halba
cloth - kwiss
Snake - aud
laugh - kaita