Editing Marion County, Texas (section)

===Native Americans===

The indigenous farming [[Caddoan Mississippian culture]] has been dated to 200 BCE in the area. The [[Hernando de Soto (explorer)|Hernando de Soto]] expedition of 1541 resulted in violent encounters with Native Americans. Spanish and French missionaries carried endemic diseases: resulting in epidemics of [[smallpox]], [[measles]] [[malaria]], and [[influenza]] among the Caddo. Eventually, the Caddo were forced to reservations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Caddo Timeline|url=http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/tejas/fundamentals/timeline.html|work=Texas Beyond History|publisher=UT-Austin|access-date=December 17, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Caddo History|url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CA003.html|publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society|access-date=December 17, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719220154/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CA003.html|archive-date=July 19, 2010}}</ref> Shashidahnee (Timber Hill) is the last known permanent Marion County settlement of the Caddo people. During the 19th century, [[Shawnee]], [[Lenape|Delaware]], and [[Kickapoo people|Kickapoo]] migrated to the area and settled here.<ref>{{cite book|last=Teague|first=Wells|title=Calling Texas Home: A Lively Look at What It Means to Be a Texan|year=2000|publisher=Wildcat Canyon Press|isbn=978-1-885171-38-2|page=15|chapter=Where We Came From}}</ref>