In the late 17th century, Spanish explorer, Francisco Casañas de Jesús María encountered the tribe and wrote, "Toward the north, where the above-mentioned Necha tribe ends, is that called the Nacachau."[3] The Nechaui settled near the
Nacono and
Neche tribes.[4] In 1716, another Spanish explorer, Domingo Ramón wrote that Franciscan friars established a
mission to convert the Nechaui and neighboring Hasinai tribes.[3]
Ultimately, they assimilated into other Hasinai tribes in the 18th century,[2] and are enrolled in the
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma today.
Sturtevant, William C., general editor and Raymond D. Fogelson, volume editor. Handbook of North American Indians: Southeast. Volume 14. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 2004.
ISBN0-16-072300-0.
† extinct language / ≠ extinct tribe / >< early,
obsolete name of Indigenous tribe / ° people absorbed into other tribe(s) / * headquartered in Oklahoma today