The Land of Quivira

Quivira

Coronado's description of the Quivirian's....The houses are built of straw, and the inhabitants are as savage as any that I have seen. They have no clothes, nor cotton to make them of. They eat their meat raw and are enemies to one another and war among one another. All these men look alike. The inhabitants of Quivira are the best of hunters and they plant maize.

Wichita Forerunners

The Quivira were the Wichita forerunners and have been referred to as the painted people because of facial tattoos. Later Wichita were known by tattoos around their eyes that made them resemble racoons. Rubbish finds confirmed the Quivira made tattoos on their skin by pressing bone needles into their skin to deposit ink made from ground up stones or other materials.