Caddo

[ kad-oh ]

/ ˈkæd oʊ /

a member of any of several North American Indian tribes formerly located in Arkansas, Louisiana, and eastern Texas, and now living in Oklahoma.

the Caddoan language of the Caddo.

Origin of Caddo

From the Caddo word kaduhdá·čuʔ the name of a band

Derivation: From the Caddo term ka-ede, signifying chief (Gatschet).

Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico |John Wesley Powell
The Caddo and Comanche had epithets for this tribe, that signified "dog-eaters."

Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume 28 |Various
Then I tried Winn and Caddo a spell; they was n't no better.

Bayou Folk |Kate Chopin
Somewhat later the Caddo confederacy in Texas took prominence, and the Caddo became a nucleus also.

Opuscula |Robert Gordon Latham

Meanwhile the fragmentary Catawba, with which I believe that the Caddo was connected had its congeners far to westward.

Opuscula |Robert Gordon Latham