Piguique

The Piguique lived along the Texas coast between the San Antonio and Nueces rivers, visiting offshore islands such as St. Joseph and Mustang in season. Their country lay between the territories of Karankawan and Coahuiltecan speakers. The Piguique were associated with the Pamaque and Pasnacane peoples, and later with Karankawa groups. During the eighteenth century, measles and smallpox greatly reduced their numbers. Some entered Spanish missions near the coast, at San Antonio, and south of the Rio Grande.