Xarames
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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]
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