Fliesen Roy

Tejas is the Spanish spelling of a Caddo word taysha, which means "friend" or "ally". In the 17th century the Spanish knew the westernmost Caddo peoples as "the great kingdom of Tejas" and the name lived on to become the name of the 28th state of the United States - Texas.

According to The University of Texas at Austin, College of Liberal Arts, Texas Beyond History.net. "Tejas: the Life and Times of the Caddo Indians.