Gulvau

Gulvau, “Red River” in Kiowa, is a name for the Canadian River as it crosses the southern Great Plains. Rising in the mountains to the west, the river winds east through the plains toward the Arkansas. The Wichita and related peoples lived in the broader region, combining farming with hunting and maintaining villages along waterways. In 1541 the Spanish expedition of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado encountered their ancestors while travelling through the plains.