Black plaque № 25931

Jamaica Beach, TX, United States

Karankawa Campsite. In this area is one of several known Karankawa Campsites or burial grounds. Now extinct, the nomadic Indians lived along the Texas coast, depending on the Gulf for survival. In 1528 they aided Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca, but resisted all intruders from the time of the French

expedition of La Salle in 1685. The tribe later declined because of disease and warfare with pirates and anglo-American settlers. Known for tall tribesmen and alleged practices of ceremonial cannibal

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