Galveston, TX, United States
Karankawa Campsite. Discovered 1962. One of the few known campsites or burial grounds of the Karankawa. Now extinct, these Indians lived on the Texas Coast, the sea giving them sustenance. In 1528 they rescued Cabeza de Vaca, but from the time of La Salle's expedition in 1685, they resisted all intr
uders. Indians and white men were sacrificed in "Kronk" forms of ceremonial cannibalism. In 1825 Stephen F. Austin sent armed men to drive these tall tribesmen from the coast. Last survivors were seen
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