Editing Somervell County, Texas (section)

===Native Americans===

[[Caddo]] tribe [[Nadaco|Anadarko]] villages were scattered along [[Trinity River (Texas)|Trinity]] and [[Brazos River|Brazos]] Rivers.<ref>{{cite web | title=Andarko Indian History |publisher=Access Genealogy | url=http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/caddo/anadarkohist.htm | access-date=April 28, 2010}} Access Genealogy</ref> The Caddo tribe of [[Wichita (tribe)|Wichita]] also inhabited the area. By 1860, these tribes had moved to [[Oklahoma]].

The [[Tonkawa]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Indian Intruders From The North |publisher=Texas Beyond History |url=http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/st-plains/peoples/intruders.html | access-date=April 28, 2010}} Texas Beyond History</ref> were [[hunter-gatherers]] of the area, and often traded with their allies the Caddo and [[Karankawa]]. Like the Wichita, Karankawa and [[Suma-Jumano|Jumano]], the Tonkawa tattooed their bodies and faces. Some Tonkawa men were employed as scouts for the [[Texas Rangers Division|Texas Rangers]] and [[United States Army]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Texas Indians, The Tonkawa | publisher=R. Edward Moore and Texarch Associates |url=http://www.texasindians.com/ | access-date=April 28, 2010}} R. Edward Moore and Texarch Associates</ref> As they were pushed out by the [[Comanche]], they moved to the Brazos Indian Reservation,<ref>{{Handbook of Texas | name=Brazos Indian Reservation | id= bpb03| author=Crouch, Carrie J| retrieved=April 28, 2010}} Texas State Historical Association.</ref> and later to [[Oklahoma]]

[[Comanche]] bands continued depredations on settlers until their removal to Oklahoma after 1875.<ref>{{cite web | title=Texas Indians Map | publisher=R E. Moore and Texarch Associates | url=http://www.texasindians.com/map2.htm |access-date=April 28, 2010}} R E. Moore and Texarch Associates</ref>