Xarames

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Xarame
Regions with significant populations
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Roman Catholicism

The Xarames were an

Coahuiltecan people.[1]

They are distinct from the

Xaraname who lived near the Texas coast.[1]

Name

The name Xarame has also been written as Charame, Chaulama, Jarame, Shiarame, and Zarame.[1]

History

They Xarame likely originated in the

Spanish colonists established the San Juan Bautista Mission in Coahuila to convert Xarame and three other Coahuiltecan bands.[1] After the Spanish established another mission near present-day Eagle Pass, Texas, some Xarame moved there.[1] Others moved to the San Francisco Solano Mission founded in 1700 in Coahuila, Mexico.[1]

The

San Antonio de Valero mission mentioned the Xarame as late as 1776.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Campbell, Thomas N. "Xarame Indians". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  2. ^ Barr, Juliana. Peace Came in the Form of a Woman: Indians and Spaniards in the Texas Borderlands. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2007. p. 128.