Who were the Native Americans in Waco?
…brief introduction to the groups that, like Baylor, once called Waco, Independence and Central Texas home: The Waco were a band of the Wichita tribe that arrived in Central Texas in the 1700s. Their society was agrarian, farming such crops such as melons, pumpkins, lima beans and corn. During the late fall and winter, Waco men would leave their villages for extended buffalo hunts. During the 1700s, they also had a lucrative trading partnership wit…