Cows Skull
This names means "cow skull."
What is Cabeza De Vaca?
This is the nickname of Maria de Jesus de Agreda.
What is the Lady in Blue?
This was the tribe that lived around Galveston, held Cabeza de Vaca as a slave, and was later run out of Texas by Stephen F Austin.
Who were the Karankawas?
Left on Galveston Island to give birth alone while her husband tried to take over Texas, this woman was the niece of James Wilkerson and is known as the "Mother of Texas."
Who is Jane Long?
This was written on the flag at Gonzales to taunt the Mexican army coming to reclaim their cannon.
What is "Come and Take it?"
This man is known as the first Texan surgeon.
Who is Cabeza de Vaca?
The Lady in Blue told the Jumano Indians about this.
What is the Lord, Baptism, and to seek out the priests in Santa Fe?
This was the group of Native Americans that lived in adobe homes in West Texas and met the Lady in Blue.
Who were the Jumanos?
This is a private person (not sent by another government) who comes to a foreign land to engaged in illegal activity.
What is a filibuster?
This man, who would become the Commander and Chief of the Texas Army, came to Texas after resigning as governor of Tennessee and divorcing two women.
Who was Sam Houston?
The Spanish came to Texas for this reason.
What is Gold or Land.
Maria de Jesus de Agreda's body has this unusual characteristic.
What is incorrupt?
These Natives lived in Wigwams in East Texas and gave Texas it's name.
Who are the Caddos?
This is a person who came with permission to settle in Spain/Mexico.
What is an empresario?
This is the name of the Mission in San Antonio that became the site of the most well-known battle in Texas History and the grave of about 200 defenders.
What is the Alamo?
These is the name of the Native American group that Cabeza De Vada met on Galveston Island.
Who are the Karankawas?
This woman influenced the Spanish to return to Texas to begin mission work.
Who is the Lady in Blue?
This Texas tribe was always on the move, lived in Teepees, and was known for their violence.
Who are the Comanche?
This was the most successful empresario who began two colonies - so successful that during the Texas revolution his friends told him to go back to America to encourage people to come to Texas.
Who is Stephen F Austin?
Who was Joe?
The Spanish largely left Texas alone for these reasons.
What is heat and threats from Native tribes?
This is the name of several buildings in Texas (and across Spanish territory) that provided medical care, housing, religious services, and more.
What is a Mission?
This tribe lived in Southwestern Texas and eventually combined with the Comanche. Now they also share their name with a Chevy Truck.
Who are the Apache?
This man's death wish changed the course of Texas History when he sent his son to Texas.
Who was Moses Austin?
The memorial tower at this Texas Battleground is taller than the Washington Momument.