<P> The Caddo peoples moved west along the Red River, which they called Bah'hatteno in Caddo . A Caddo woman, Zacado, instructed the tribe in hunting, fishing, home construction, and making clothing . Caddo religion focuses on Kadhi háyuh, translating to "Lord Above" or "Lord of the Sky ." In early times, the people were led by priests, including a head priest, the xinesi, who could commune with spirits residing near Caddo temples . A cycle of ceremonies developed around important periods of corn cultivation . Tobacco was and is used ceremonially . Early priests drank a purifying sacrament made of wild olive leaves . </P> <P> Centuries before extensive European contact, some of the Caddo territory was invaded by migrating Dhegihan - speaking peoples, Osage, Ponca, Omaha, and Kaw, who moved west beginning about 1200 due to years of warfare with the Iroquois in the Ohio River area of present - day Kentucky . The Iroquois took control of hunting grounds in the area . The Osage particularly fought the Caddo, pushed them out of some former territory, and became dominant in the region of present - day Missouri, Arkansas, and eastern Kansas . These tribes had become settled in their new territory west of the Mississippi prior to mid-18th - century European contact . </P> <P> Most of the Caddo historically lived in the Piney Woods ecoregion of the United States, divided among the state regions of East Texas, southern Arkansas, western Louisiana, and southeastern Oklahoma . This region extends up to the foothills of the Ozarks . The Piney Woods are a dense forest of deciduous and pinophyta flora covering rolling hills, steep river valleys, and intermittent wetlands called "bayous". Caddo people primarily settled near the Caddo River . </P> <P> When they first encountered Europeans and Africans, the Caddo tribes organized themselves in three confederacies: the Natchitoches, Hasinai, and Kadohadacho . They were loosely affiliated with other neighboring tribes including the Yowani a Choctaw band . The Natchitoches lived in now northern Louisiana, the Haisinai lived in East Texas, and the Kadohadacho lived near the border of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas . </P>

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