[Reily]

I remember reading somewhere that the name Mohawk (one of the Iroquois federated tribes and maybe its most martial!) was an anglicization of the Lene Lape (Delaware tribe) word for man eater - i.e, cannibal. (In fact, many North American tribes practiced ritualized cannibalism!) Lene Lape were defeated by the Iroquois and reduced to suzerainty to them. The Iroquois bragged to the British that they put the "petticoat" on the Lene Lape.

[octex]

The Karankawa tribe lived along the Texas Gulf Coast in the Galveston area. They practiced cannibalism.