Caddo Mythology

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The mythology Caddo includes the following Native American peoples: Caddo, Hasinais, Cadodaquious, Natchitoche

The Caddos are a nation, or group of tribes, of Native Americans who, in the 16th^e century, occupied a large part of what became the east of Texas, the west of the Louisiana and parts of southern Arkansas and Oklahoma. The Caddos historically consisted of three confederations of at least 25 different tribes and spoke a variety of dialects of the Caddoan languages.

The Caddo tribes were divided into three confederations, which were linked by a common language: the Hasinais, the Cadodaquious and the Natchitoches. The Hasinais and Kadohadachos occupied eastern Texas and the Natchitoches occupied northwest Louisiana. The Haisinais lived on an estate extending from Nacogdoches, Texas, which was originally a Caddo settlement, to the Neches River. The Kadohadachos had established themselves on the domain between Caddo Lake and the Red River. The Nachitoches lived around Natchitoches, Louisiana, which was originally a Caddo settlement, and in the Cane River valley.