Jonas, Tejas means...

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HeartofSorrow
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Jonas, Bree is right. Tejas is the Spanish name for Texas. One of it's meanings is "all who are friends" in Caddo and it was given by the Spanish explores to the Hasinai group of Caddo-speaking Native Americans.
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HeartofSorrow wrote:Jonas, Bree is right. Tejas is the Spanish name for Texas. One of it's meanings is "all who are friends" in Caddo and it was given by the Spanish explores to the Hasinai group of Caddo-speaking Native Americans.
In other words, it refers to the people we wiped out when we moved in.
quick! someone get the ajax and steel wool; I have mental images to scrub out!!
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mincartaugh wrote:
HeartofSorrow wrote:Jonas, Bree is right. Tejas is the Spanish name for Texas. One of it's meanings is "all who are friends" in Caddo and it was given by the Spanish explores to the Hasinai group of Caddo-speaking Native Americans.
In other words, it refers to the people we wiped out when we moved in.
. . . Wow... I'd say BURN but that was... whokay.
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