Source |
Description |
Year |
Jesuit Priest |
Apaches Fahanos [Faraone] are present north of the Rio Grande
on the Pecos River; Apaches Necayees [Natajee] are east of Pecos
Pueblo in the Southern Plains |
1710 |
Joseph Vargas |
The salines near Hueco Mountain
are “lands of the Apaches" |
1711 |
Map |
Pecos River is called “rio salado o del Natagee” meaning “salty
river or the river of the Natagee people” |
1729 |
Military officer |
Apache from Colorado River arrive in Presidio, Texas area |
1715 |
Dunn |
Apache kill another Indian on the Medina River |
1725 |
Military officer |
The Apache control the Rio Grande from where it joins the Pecos to El Paso |
1726 |
Military cartographer |
Lipan encountered on the San Saba River, near modern Menard |
1729 |
Military officer who traveled through Spanish territory |
Natagee and Mescalero said to reside on Pecos and Rio Grande, southwest of the Lipan |
1729 |
Bustillo, military officer |
Apache, Chenti, Ypandi attacked on the San Saba |
1733 |
Priest |
Apache kill priests traveling south of San Antonio |
1750 |
Priest |
Apache territory stretches from Coahuila to New Mexico |
1750 |
Priest |
100 Apache want to live in a mission in San Antonio |
1750 |
Priest |
Pedernales River is a crossing point for the Apache |
1750 |
Priest |
Mission Candelaria has over 500 Lipan |
1766 |
Map |
Natagee are on the Pecos |
1766 |
Map |
Natagee are northeast of confluence of Pecos and Rio Grande; Pecos is called the river of Natagee whom some call them of the Pecho and others of the Siete Rivers; Lipan are shown on the east side of the Pecos; Apache Juman are shown on the east side of the river, north of the Apache Lipan; Apache Natajee are on the west side of the Pecos along with the Mescalero |
1773 |
Military officer |
Apache found on the Devils and Pecos Rivers |
1775 |
Military officer |
Attacks are made on the Mescalero and Lipan Apache on San Saba River, in San Antonio, and in Piedras Negras |
1789 |
Military officer |
Attacks are made on the Mescalero and Lipan on Frio River |
1790 |
Military officer |
Reports that Mescalero find Lipan butchering bison on Nueces River |
1790 |