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                         This is a Mano and Metate    

                             which is used for processing 

                              grains and seeds. It is made

                          from ground stone and is

                          like a Mortar and Pestal.                              

This is a bow which ranged between 50 to 60 inches 

in length. It has the short draw length which is called 

the "pinch" style. They used it for protecting and 

hunting. 

For the Coahuiltecan Indians their house wasn't 

much more that an animal skin over a tree 

branch. In their so house there was a fire and 

deer skin or grass beds . The use for the fire was 

usually used for warmth and food. Other times the 

indians will use "wickiup huts" which kind of look like 

half of a sphere on the ground. These houses didn't 

stay for long because of the lack of food they had to 

keep on moving. 

The Coahuiltecan Indians were not a well privileged 

tribe, they had to work hard to survive. For starters 

when they didn't have any food so they had to eat 

poop. On the rare occasion that they did have food then 

they would have a party called a "mitotes"; They also 

had mitotes whenever they won a battle. Because of the 

lack of food the tribe would have to move around a lot it 

was very ware for the tribe to stay in the same place for 

long. For there clothing the women wore grass skirts and the 

men wore little clothing.

This is a picture of one of the Coahuiltecan

Indians holding a bow an arrow. 

This is one of their most used weapons.

They use it for hunting and protection.    

This is a stone hammer or stone 

axe used for splitting stone which then can be 

carved in to bows and arrows.

The Indian's were first spotted in the early 1530's 

by Europeans. Sadly much of the tribe got sick 

from   disease. They also so got attacked by the 

Apoche tribe which more often that not killed most 

of the tribe. Because of most if their tribe dead the 

indians decided to join the Spanish people or other 

indian groups. The group was said to be extinct by 

1824. 

Huey, George H.H. N.d. Photograph. San Antonio 

Missions National Historic Park, n.p.

Coahuiltecan Bow. N.d. Photograph. N.p.

Texas Highways. Map. 7th ed. Vol. 38. N.p.: n.p., 

1991. Print.

Wickiup. N.d. Photograph. N.p.

Wein. Coahuiltecan. 2004. Paint. N.p.

Stone Axe. N.d. Photograph. N.p.

Story,Hal. Packman. Np. Drawing.Np

Kenmotsu, Nancy. "Who Were the Coahuiltecans." (n.d.): 

n. pag. Web.

"COAHUILTECAN INDIANS," Handbook of Texas Online 

(http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/bmc

ah), accessed September 22, 2012. Published by the 

Texas State Historical Association.

Holt, Rinehart. "Coauiltecan Indians." (n.d.): n. pag. Web.

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