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Peace Came in the Form of a Woman: Indians and Spaniards in the Texas Borderlands, Juliana Barr focuses on the behaviors of the Native Americans of Texas in relation to those of the Spanish and French explores. The Spanish, for the most part, controlled, converted, and enslaved Native Americans throughout South and Central America, and much of North American. However, Barr argues that the Native Americans of Texas were different. She argues that “...in native worlds, where kinship provided the foundation for every institution of their societies, gender, and power were inseparable. Once the Spaniards arrived on the scene, they discovered that they too would have to operate within those terms if their relationships with Native Americans were …show more content…

Wherein the French culture was similar to that of the Caddo and hence they acknowledged Caddo friendliness and in return accepted their culture and did not expect them to adopt the French way of life. The French endeavored to participate in the Caddo tribe and accepted the position and importance of native women. The French successfully coexisted with the Caddo, establishing trade networks, diplomacy, and intermarried with the Caddo. Whereas, the Spanish came to Texas with a show of military power and spiritual vigor; thereby trying to acculturate them. The Spanish did not understand the Caddo’s matrilineal kinship or the importance of native customs wherein gender determined ones rank in their culture; ultimately failing to establish a relationship with the Caddo. Additionally, the Spanish did not bring women or children with them which, to the Caddo, was a sign of aggression rather than peace.
Native women were an essential part of the Caddo culture which would not have existed without them. The Spanish, having no women in their expeditions, were seen as hostile. However, the Caddoan’s thought, at first, that the Virgin Mary was used by the Spanish as a symbol of peace. However, they soon discovered that was not the case and that Spanish ideas of women were different than their own. Spanish men treated Caddoan women as immoral and abused them which lead the Caddo to drive the Spanish south into central

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