Europeans wanted the Karankawa's land and because of this, they made up so many bad myths about them. One of these false myths is that they were cannibals. But that is totally false. They were pretty good fighters, fierce and raging and European settlers feared them, but they were not cannibals. From the Karankawa's point of view, every time the Europeans came around, the Europeans would try to steal from, kidnap, or kill the Karankawa. No wonder they were not very friendly. Their territory was from the west end of Galveston Island down the coast to where Corpus Christie is today.