Coalinga, LIpantitlan

[Frye, David]

Yes, the "Lipan Apache" (no doubt not their own name but one bestowed
upon them). See, e.g.,
http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/naind/html/na_019700_lipanap
ache.htm

I would say it is the "-titlan" that ending looks unnatural for Lipan,
and for Texas, rather than the other way around. I would bet the name
resulted from the same sort of semiliterate local boosterism that gave
us Plano, Texas (the founders thought "Plano" was Spanish for "Plains").



On Apr 14, 2005, at 12:59 AM, ANTHONY APPLEYARD wrote:

> Lipantitlan http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/lipan/lipan.htm in Texas 
> looks Nahuatl, but the initial L looks unnatural for Nahuatl. Is this 
> [lipan] the name of a local native tribe?
>