They got horses from the Spanish and moved east. There also were no Native American settlements in my neighborhood. No artifacts. Native Americans always lived near water and we don't have any surface water here. We have fossils all over the place. The fossils are all 50 million years old.
https://www.lipanapache.org/Museum/museum_bands.html
The original known people are https://tappilam.org/. The lived along the San Antonio River. They were hunter gatherers, which consisted of family units and informal bands and alliances that came and went. They would often split into smaller bands as a means of survival and joined a larger band when it worked out for them. Many joined the missions and learned to farm. After they "graduated", they were given a small land grant. One of the purposes of the missions was to teach skills so that Native Americans could become taxpayers!
The missions were often raided by the Apaches and Comanches. The Tap Palim were very peaceful people.
Missionization in the modern States of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon and Texas begins.
Indian led Pueblos at Missions San Juan Bautista and San Francisco de Solano established in Coahuila on the Rio Grande.
Indian led Pueblos of Bejar established through “Auto de Posesión” at each Mission. American Indian Gobernadores appointed.
Mission Indian families sent to Nuevo Santander to establish new Christian Colonies.
Mission Indians from Valero defend the Presidio and Villita from attacks by Apaches.
Mission Indians from Mission Concepcion, Espada and San Juan testify against the Spanish Colonist of Nuevo Santander for kidnapping Native children and selling them as slaves.
Mission Indian Vaqueros of the Indian Mission Ranches participate in the first cattle drive of 10,000 Spanish long horns to support the American revolution.
Archdiocese of Mexico orders the Missions of San Antonio to be closed.
Mission secularization and land distribution to the Mission Indian families of all five Missions in San Antonio begins
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