Cassia Indians

Type: General Entry

Published: 1976

Updated: June 1, 1995

In the 1687 documents of the La Salle expedition the Cassia Indians were reported as allies of the Kadohadachos on the Red River. Apparently the Cassias were not the same as the Casibas, reported in a Spanish document of 1691 as living southeast of the Hasinais. The affiliations of both groups remain unknown.

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Pierre Margry, ed., Découvertes et établissements des Français dans l'ouest et dans le sud de l'Amérique septentrionale, 1614–1754 (6 vols., Paris: Jouast, 1876–86). John R. Swanton, Source Material on the History and Ethnology of the Caddo Indians (Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 132, Washington: GPO, 1942).

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Peoples
Native American
Tribes (Other)

The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

Thomas N. Campbell, “Cassia Indians,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed May 25, 2022, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/cassia-indians.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

Original Publication Date:: 1976
Most Recent Revision Date:: June 1, 1995

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