The Nadaco were part of the
Hasinai branch of the
Caddo Confederacy,[3] although early European explorers identified the Nabiti as enemies of the Hasinai[4] – a testament to the shifting alliances on the South Plains. They lived in settled villages on the banks of the
Angelina River.[1]
Spanish priest Fray Casañas wrote about the Nabiti in 1691. He described them as being one of nine Hasinai tribes and that their territory sat between that of the "Cacháe" (
Cacachau) and the "Nasayaha" (
Nasoni).[5]
Sturtevant, William C., general editor and Raymond D. Fogelson, volume editor. Handbook of North American Indians: Southeast. Volume 14. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 2004.
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† extinct language / ≠ extinct tribe / >< early,
obsolete name of Indigenous tribe / ° people absorbed into other tribe(s) / * headquartered in Oklahoma today