Karankawa people

Karankawa (also Karankawan,Carancahua, Clamcoëhs, and called in their language Auia) was a tribe of Native Americans, now a tribal group, who played a pivotal part in early Texas history.

The term Karankawa persisted and has been popularly applied to a group of Native American tribes who have a common dialect and culture. These people can be more specifically identified as the Capoques (Cocos), Kohanis, Kopanes, Kronks, and Karankawa (Carancaquacas) bands. They inhabited the Gulf Coast of Texas from Galveston Bay in the present-day Greater Houston area, then south toward Corpus Christi Bay.