Carancahua Bayfront
Carancahua may refer to: * Carancahua Bay, a body of water in Texas * Karankawa people, a native Texan tribe * ''Marilopteryx carancahua ''Marilopteryx carancahua'' is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the super ...

Carancahua Bay
Carancahua Bay is a northern extension of Matagorda Bay located in Jackson and Calhoun counties in Texas, United States. It is oriented from the southeast to the northwest but meanders as it reaches the north to the confluence with Carancahua Creek watershed. Generally slender, Carancahua Bay is only about in width north of its circular mouth. This shallow bay serves as a nursery bay for shrimp and as an ecosystem for diverse species of birds and fish. Commercial Fish farms have been established on the east shore. The small communities of Port Alto, Cape Carancahua POA Community, Boca Chica POA Community, and Carancahua Community have been established on the western and eastern shores. Two other small communities, El Campo Beach Community and Schicke Point Community, are located on the south-west shore near the mouth of the Carancahua Bay. History The name ''Carancahua'' derives from the term that formerly referred to the Karankawa Indians, who resided on its shores. Te ...
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Karankawa People
The Karankawa were an Indigenous people concentrated in southern Texas along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, largely in the lower Colorado River and Brazos River valleys."Karankawa." In ''Cassell's Peoples, Nations and Cultures,'' edited by John Mackenzie. Cassell, 2005. They consisted of several independent seasonal nomadic groups who shared the same language and much of the same culture. From the onset of European colonization, the Karankawa had violent encounters with the Spanish. After one attack by the Spanish, who ambushed the Karankawa after the establishment of Presidio La Bahía in 1722, the Karankawa allegedly felt "deeply betrayed ndviewed Spanish colonial settlement with hostility." In the 1820s, Texan colonists arrived in their land under the leadership of Stephen Austin who commissioned a captain to expel the Karankawa from the Austin land grant, leading to multiple attacks, including the Skull Creek massacre of 19 Karankawa. By the 1840s, the Karankawa, now ...
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