Indian Tribe History Most of the tribes listed on this page do not have a connection to a larger tribe. We list them here so you can find some information on their history. For a complete listing of our 700 plus tribes visit Indian History pages. Aranama. A small agricultural tribe formerly living on and near the south coast of Texas; later they were settled for a time at the mission of Espiritu Santo de Zuniga, opposite the present Goliad, where some Karankawa Indians were also neophytes. It is reported that they had previously suffered from an attack by the Karankawa. Morse located them in 1822 on San Antonio River and estimated them at 125 souls. In 1834 Escudero (Not. Estad. de Chihuahua, 231) spoke of them as follows: "The same coast and its islands are inhabited by the Curancahuases and Jaranames Indians, fugitives from the missions. The larger portion have lately settled in the new mission of Nuestra Seliora del Refugio, and to-day very few rebellious families remain, so that the injuries caused by these cowardly but cruel Indians have creased." As a tribe the Aranama were extinct by 1843. Avavares. A former tribe of Texas, possibly Caddoan, which lived " behind " the Quintoles toward the interior, and to which Cabeza de Vaca, in 1527-34, fled from the Mariames. Their language was different from that of the Mariames, although they understood the latter. They bartered bones, which the Mariames ground and used for food, and also traded in bows. While staying with the Avavares Cabeza de Vaca and his companion became noted for their successful treatment of the sick. The people seem to have been kindly disposed and different in habits from the coast tribes. Chatot. A tribe or hand which French settled south of Ft. St. Louis, Mobile Bay, Ala., in 1709. Bienville wishing to change his settlement, " selected a place where the nation of Chatot were residing, and gave them exchange for it a piece of territory fronting on Dog River, 2 leagues farther down". (Penicaut,1709, in French, Hist. Coll. LA 1, 103, 1869). According to Baudry des Lozieres (Voy., 1794) the Chatot a Tohome tribes were related to the Choctaw and spoke the French and Choctaw languages. Guacata. An inland Calusa village on L. "Mayaimi" or Okechobee, south Florida, about 1570. Elsewhere in his memoir Fontaneda refers to it as a distinct but subordinate tribe. Guale. The Indian name by which the Spaniards knew the present Amelia island, north coast of Florida, and a part of the adjacent Florida and Georgia coast, in the 16th century. There is strong probability that the tribe in occupancy was that known later as Yamasi. In 1597 the son of the chief of Guale led a revolt against the missions that had been established by the Spanish Franciscans a few years before. There were then on the island at least 3 mission villages, Asao, Asopo, and Ospo. The missions were reestablished in 1605 and may have continued until their destruction by the English and their Indian allies in 1704-06. Pensacola (Choctaw: 'hair-people,' from pansha 'hair,' okla 'people') A tribe once inhabiting tracts around the present city and harbor of Pensacola, west Florida. According to Barcia (Ensayo,316, 1723) they had been destroyed by tribal wars before the Spaniards became established there in 1698, but from a reference in Margry it appears that a few still remained at a later period. Saluda. A small tribe formerly living on Saluda river, South Carolina. According to Rivers (Hist. S.C., 38, 1856) they removed to Pennsylvania probably early in the 18th century, which, if true would indicate that they were probably connected with the Shawnee. In addition to that of the river, the name survives in Saluda gap in the Blue Ridge. Saturiba. A Timucuan tribe in Florida, occupying, about 1565, the territory on both sides of lower St John river, with the adjacent coast territory, northward to Satilla river, Ga., including Cumberland (Tacatacuru) island, beyond which was Guale (Yamasee) territory. The statement quoted in Brinton (Fla. Penin., 120, 1859) making St. Helena, S. Car., their northern boundary, is incorrect. They were at war with the Timucua, their nearest neighbors higher up on the river, and afterward with the Spaniards, but welcomed and aided the French during the short stay of the latter. Their chief was said to rule 30 sub-chiefs, each perhaps representing a different village. The name may have been properly that of the head chief rather than of the tribe, the two being frequently confused by the early explorers. It does not occur in Pareja's list of Timucuan dialects in 1612, the tribe being probably noted under one of the unidentified names in the list, viz, Itafi, Tucururu, or Mocama, the last two being specially designated as located on the coast. All the Indians of this region were Christianized by Franciscan missionaries before the end of the 16th century. Shahala (Saxala-, `above'). A name given by Lewis and Clark to the Chinook an tribes living on Columbia r. from Sauvies id. to the Cascades in Oregon. They estimated the number at 2,800, in 62 houses, and mention the following tribes: Neerchokioon, Clahclellah, Wahclellah, and Yehuh. Katlagakya was the native name for the Indians of this region. Taposa. A tribe formerly living on Yazoo river, Mississippi of which little beyond the name is known. Iberville heard of them in 1699, when they were said to be between the Ofogoula and the Chakchiuma on Yazoo river. Baudry des Lozières mentioned them in 1802, under the name Tapouchas, as settled in village with the Chakchiuma and Ibitoupa on upper Yazoo river, and in fact they were really the most northerly Yazoo tribe. They appear to have been one of the tribes confederated with the Chickasaw, and according to Le Page du Pratz spoke the same language. They occupied 25 cabins in 1730. Isleta History Isleta del Sur (Span.: ' Isleta of the south') Y. A Tigua pueblo on the north east bank of the Rio Grande, a few miles below El Paso, Tex. It was established in 1681 by some 400 Indian captives from Isleta, New Mexico, taken thence by Gov. Otermin on his return from the attempted reconquest of of the Pueblos after their revolt in Aug. 1680. It was the seat of a Franciscan mission from 1682, containing a church dedicated to San Antonio de Padua. The mission name San Antonio applied to Isleta del Sur belonged to the northern Isleta until its abandonment in consequence of the revolt, and when the latter was resettled in 1709 or 1718, the mission was named San Agustin de la Isleta. The few inhabitants of Isleta del Sur are not almost completely Mexicanized. http://ancestore.com