Yojuane

The Yojuane ranged across east central Texas, from the Colorado River northward toward the Red River. They were associated with the Tonkawa and other peoples of the region, whose communities moved between the rivers and prairies. By the second half of the eighteenth century the Yojuane were largely concentrated in the southern part of their former range.

In 1745 Yojuane representatives joined the Mayeye, Deadose and Ervipiame in asking the Franciscan Mariano Francisco de los Dolores to establish a mission in their country. They chose a site near the San Gabriel River, where San Francisco Xavier de Horcasitas was founded. Yojuane people lived at the mission between 1748 and 1756. After the missions were moved away, their descendants became part of the communities known as Tonkawa.