Wichita+Relationships

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The wichita came to Texas from Kansas because other tribes like the Osage were hostile and took the Wichita's land. When they moved to Texas they settled in the Waco area. They became fiends with the Comanche which was a good thing and a bad thing. Its a good thing because they do not have to worry about the Comanche raiding them and the get protection from them. But it is a bad thing because the Comanche are very disliked by the settlers and other tribes because they raid and steal from them so they get attacked sometimes. The Wichita's were a tribe that liked to fight against other tribes, but when they fought they didn't fight to the death they did something called counting coup(counting coup is explained in the battle category). When they did counting coup they usually did it against the Osage and the Apache. The Wichita's traded a lot with tribes from the southeast and southern parts of Texas including the Caddo and the Comanche. In 1854 the state of Texas got mad at the Wichita and made them go to a fort next to the Red River.



=works cited= wichita indians, Rebecca Brush, February 1, 2005 http://www.texasindians.com/wichita.htm wichita indian fact sheet,1998, laura redish and orrin lewis,2009 http://www.bigorrin.org/wichita_kids.htm