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Chapter 4 The First People

Chapter 4 The First People. Key People and Events. 1300- Wichita’s occupy much of central Oklahoma 1700- Plains Apaches arrive on the Southern Plains 1725- Comanches control western Oklahoma 1750- Osages move into eastern Oklahoma from Missouri.

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Chapter 4 The First People

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  1. Chapter 4 The First People

  2. Key People and Events • 1300- Wichita’s occupy much of central Oklahoma • 1700- Plains Apaches arrive on the Southern Plains • 1725- Comanches control western Oklahoma • 1750- Osages move into eastern Oklahoma from Missouri

  3. Wichita's were the first people of Oklahoma. The Wichita’s descended from the Plains Village Farmers. • The Wichita’s mainly farmed, but for six weeks the entire village left to hunt buffalo. • Economy was good because of hunting and farming. • They Seldom suffered from lack of food…

  4. The Wichita's • Lived in small villages • Generally fought wars for revenge, not conquest • Captives were treated cruel, sometimes eaten • In 15th century, other Indians began to move into Oklahoma.

  5. Wichitas • Farming- • (corn, beans, squash, gourds, and tobacco) • Hunting- • (Bison, deer, elk, antelope, rabbit, and squirrel) • Settlements- • (Brush arbors, and Tepee came later)

  6. Wichita's Continued • Social Structure- • Traced family heritage through the women • Each house was 10-12 persons the wife mother, and sisters, husbands, kids etc. • For advice boys went to their mothers brother not their own DAD. • Children always took there mothers clan

  7. Wichita's cont. • Religion: • Creative forces in the universe directed the destiny of individuals and tribes. • The “Corn Dance”- • Took place when corn crop ripened in the summer. • Tribal members fasted and cleansed in preparation • Started with the lighting of the fire, the old fire had become polluted as people broke the rules of the village.

  8. Other Indians • 500 years Later the Apaches moved into the western part of Oklahoma in search of buffalo. • The Lipan Apaches were caused to move their villages to Texas because of warfare. • The Kiowa Apaches remained in Oklahoma

  9. Comanches became masters of the Southern Plains because of their horsemanship. • In the 1740’s, Comanches and Wichita's agreed to a truce that brought peace for both. • Later, the Comanches moved south and the Osages gained control of the Wichita's homeland by constant warfare that lasted a century. • By 1800- All Wichita's left Oklahoma

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