Eduardo Peters

Why Did The Wichita Tribe Relocate From The Northern Part Of Oklahoma To The Southern Red River Valley?

The Wichita tribe relocated from Northern Oklahoma to the southern Red River valley to escape the Apache. Lovely’s Purchase Treaty traded hunting land for the Osage for cash and gifts for the Cherokee. Why did the Wichita tribe migrate? Lured by French trade goods and harried by enemy Osages, the Wichita moved south to the …

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Who Discovered Wichita?

In 1541, a Spanish expedition led by explorer Francisco Vázquez de Coronado found the area populated by the Quivira, or Wichita, people. Conflict with the Osage in the 1750s drove the Wichita further south. Prior to European settlement of the region, the site was in the territory of the Kiowa. Who founded Wichita? Pioneer trader …

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