Persistent Peoples Lecture Video – Galveston County Historical Museum
On October 20, 2023, the Galveston County Museum kindly hosted me for a talk on the Karankawa peoples for their …
Karankawas
Manuel Alegre
(Written for Handbook of Texas, November 2020) In my most recent article, “The Karankawa-Spanish War from 1778 to 1789: Attempted …
Karankawa Indians Handbook of Texas
The editors at the Handbook of Texas kindly provided me the opportunity to revise their entry on “Karankawa Indians.” While …
The Karankawa-Spanish War from 1778 to 1789: Attempted Genocide and Karankawa Power
Southwestern Historical Quarterly has published my latest article on the Karankawa-Spanish War. The following is an abstract: This article is a …
La Salle’s Doomed 17th Century French Colony on the Texas Gulf Coast
In 1684, the famed explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle embarked from France to establish a military settlement on …
Historiography of the Karankawa Indians
This article is a history of the historical works about the Karankawa Indians of the Texas Gulf Coast. Recently, the …
Joseph María, the Most Prominent Karankawa Chief During the Karankawa-Spanish War (1778-1789)
There exists a multitude of eminent Karankawa men and women in history: Mateo, Jose Luis María, Manuel Alegre, Prudencia, Llano …
Why are the Karankawas maligned as savage cannibals?
In 1767, Fray Gaspar José de Solís toured the faltering missions of Texas. When he visited the mission of Nuestra …
The Marooning of Francois Simars de Bellisle on the Texas Gulf Coast: Part One
In 1719, off the coast of Galveston, the French Maréchal d’Estrées ran aground due to the negligence of her captain: …
Cabeza de Vaca Probably Did Not Land On Galveston Island
(originally published on Karankawas.com June 25, 2017) When the 1526 Panfilo de Narváez expedition devolved into desperation in modern-day Florida, …