The Xarames were an Indigenous people of the Americas of the San Antonio, Texas region. They were the dominant Native American group during the early history of Mission San Antonio de Valero (commonly known as "The Alamo"). They were a Coahuiltecan people.
They are distinct from the Xaraname who lived near the Texas coast.
Name
The name Xarame has also been written as Charame, Chaulama, Jarame, Shiarame, and Zarame.
History
They Xarame likely originated in the Edwards Plateau between the Nueces River and the Frio River. in 1699, Spanish colonists founded San Juan Bautista Mission in Coahuila to convert four Coahuiltecan bands, including the Xarame. The Spanish established another mission near present-day Eagle Pass, Texas, and some Xarame moved there. Others moved to the San Francisco Solano Mission in Coahuila founded in 1700.
The San Antonio de Valero mission mentioned the Xarame as last as 1776.
