Wichita+History

back to home **__Wichita History__**

In 1541 the Wichita's encountered a spanish explorer named Francisco Vazques de Coronado. The Wichita's came to Texas from Kansas around 1700. They came to Texas because other tribes like the Osage were hostile and took the Wichita's land. When the Wichita's moved in Texas they settled in the what is now the Waco area. In 1846, the Wichita's signed a treaty with the United States and 1854 the Wichita moved to a reservation named Clear Fork near the Red River. In 1873, the Wichita's were almost wiped out by the small pox epidemic. Now the Wichita's are in a reservation in Oklahoma in there are only about 350 Wichita's left.

Work sited

the wichita tribe,1998, Omaha Public Library http://www.omahapubliclibrary.org/transmiss/congress/wichita.html

about wichita tribe culture, 1999,regina sass,2009 http://www.ehow.com/about-_4570980_wichita-tribe-culture.html

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