Teyas

The Teyas were bison hunters of the southern plains, known mainly from the Coronado expedition of 1540–1542. They lived in the eastern Texas Panhandle and the adjoining part of Oklahoma, in lodges covered with buffalo hides. Coronado's men noted their hunting skill, and the Teyas traded with Quivira and with the Pueblo peoples of New Mexico. Before Coronado arrived, the Teyas were said to have besieged Cicuye (Pecos) Pueblo and destroyed several nearby towns. A Spanish document records hostility between them and the Querechos, another Apachean group, a quarrel more like a feud between kin than a formal war. The Teyas are counted among the Plains Apaches.