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Exploring the Agua Sucia Indians of West Central Texas

By: Thomas N. Campbell

Published: 1976

Updated: June 1, 1995

The Agua Sucia ("dirty water") Indians are known from a single Spanish document of 1683 that does not clearly identify their area. They seem to have lived somewhere in west central Texas. Their affiliations remain unknown.

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Bibliography:

Charles W. Hackett, ed., Pichardo's Treatise on the Limits of Louisiana and Texas (4 vols., Austin: University of Texas Press, 1931–46).

The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

Thomas N. Campbell, “Agua Sucia Indians,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed March 09, 2026, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/agua-sucia-indians.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

TID: BMA06

Original Publication Date:
1976
Most Recent Revision Date:
June 1, 1995
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