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after which some of the women who had been 

 servants in good families, and taught spinning, 

 sewing, and household work, married, and be- 

 came respectable, well behaved women. Some of 

 them are still living, and have brought up decent 

 families of children. They have a peculiar lan- 

 guage, and are understood by signs, in conversing 

 with others. They are at peace with all nations 

 except the Hietans. 



The Tankaways or Tanks, claim no exclusive 

 right to any tract of land ; are always roving, and 

 have no particular place of abode. They wander 

 over the country watered by the Trinity, Braces, 

 and Colerado, towards Saint a Fe. Their num- 

 ber of men are estimated at about two hundred ; 

 arc one horde or tribe ; dress like the Cances ; 

 are good hunters with the bow ,* and raise the 

 best breed of horses. They are sometimes eni- 

 mies, and at others, friends to the Spaniards. 

 They plant nothing, but live on meat and wild 

 fruit ; are a strong athletic people, and excellent 

 horse men. 



The Tawakenoes, or Three Canes, reside on 

 the west side of the Braces, and make their usual 

 place of aboad, about two hundred miles west of 

 Nacogdoches, towards Saint a Fe ; but make 

 their excursions as low down as the Great Prai- 

 ries about the Turtle mountain. They are esti- 

 mated at about two hundred men ; are good 

 hunters, principally with the bow, but have some 



