Karankawa

[ kuh-rang-kuh-wah, -waw, -wuh ]

noun

, plural Ka·ran·ka·was, (especially collectively) Ka·ran·ka·wa

1. a member of an extinct tribe of North American Indians who lived in southeastern Texas until the mid 19th century.
2. the language of the Karankawa.

Example Sentences

Texas was home to hundreds of tribes, such as the Anadarko and Karankawa, when Spanish missionaries arrived in the 1700s in what is now San Antonio.

From Seattle Times

For Matsumoto and others, the connection has to do with Galveston’s legendary brushes with death and destruction, dating back to the Karankawa tribe - the island’s first inhabitants, known to have consumed humans after killing them - and climaxing with the 1900 hurricane that killed more than 6,000 people, leaving their spirits to wander, some believe.

From Washington Times

After the passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990, the museum returned a large portion of its artifacts connected to the Karankawa, a South Texas Native American tribe, to their rightful owners.

From Washington Times

After the passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990, the museum returned a large portion of its artifacts connected to the Karankawa, a South Texas Native American tribe, to their rightful owners.

From Seattle Times

They ran low on drinking water, did not know what to forage, suffered from dysentery, and made quick enemies of the Karankawa people, who raided their camps and fought with settlers.

From The Guardian