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Caddo Legend: The Caddo Chief and his sons Nacogdoches and Natchitoches
- Item Number
- 140
- Estimated Value
- 150 USD
- Sold
- 128 USD to unlwildcat
- Number of Bids
- 12 - Bid History
Item Description
Add history to your home or office with these three (3) pencil sketches of a legendary Caddo chief and his two sons.
Included in the package:
Sketch of Chief Caddo
Sketch of his son "Nacogdoches"
Sketch of his son "Natchitoches"
How Nacogdoches and Natchitoches got their names:
One version, as reported by historian Samuel Stewart Mims in "Rios Sabinas", credits the chief of an Adae Indian village on the Sabine River. The village was overpopulated and the chief ordered his two grown sons to report to him precisely at sunrise. He told one son to walk east and the other to walk west until the very moment of sunset. The sons were to establish a village at the place they reached. The son who went west wound up in a grove of persimmon trees, and named his village Nacogdoches, meaning persimmon. The eastbound son reached a grove of papaw trees and named his village Natchitoches, meaning papaw.
Another version says that the chief had twin sons, Nacogdoches and Natchitoches, and could not decide who would lead the tribe following his death. The chief split the tribe between them and sent each in different directions. They traveled for three days, one eastbound and one westbound, and wound up where the cities are located today.
Whether either story is true - they are often repeated. Own a great conversation piece that relates to the Oldest Towns in Texas and Louisiana!
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