The Indians of Texas : from prehistoric to modern times / by W.W. Newcomb, Jr. ; with drawings by Hal M. Story.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [1961]Copyright date: Description: xvii, 404 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780292784253
  • 0292784252
  • 0292732716
  • 9780292732711
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Indians of Texas, from prehistoric to modern times.; Online version:: Indians of Texas, from prehistoric to modern times.DDC classification:
  • 970.464
LOC classification:
  • E78.T4 N4 1961
Contents:
Before the written record. The beginnings -- Savages of the Western Gulf culture area. The Coahuiltecans : South Texas ; The Karankawas : Gulf Coast -- Nomads of the plains. From foot to horse ; The Lipan Apaches : conquerors dispossessed ; The Tonkawas : Central Texas ; Comanches : terror of the Southern Plains ; Kiowas and Kiowa Apaches : far-ranging raiders -- Barbaric gardeners. The Jumanos : southwestern borders ; The Wichitas : nations of the north ; The Caddo confederacies : East Texas ; The provincial Atakapans -- Bitter bread of banishment. Extermination and oblivion.
Summary: Anthropological study of the Comanches, Wichitas, Tonkawas and other Texas Indian societies.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-377) and index.

Anthropological study of the Comanches, Wichitas, Tonkawas and other Texas Indian societies.

Before the written record. The beginnings -- Savages of the Western Gulf culture area. The Coahuiltecans : South Texas ; The Karankawas : Gulf Coast -- Nomads of the plains. From foot to horse ; The Lipan Apaches : conquerors dispossessed ; The Tonkawas : Central Texas ; Comanches : terror of the Southern Plains ; Kiowas and Kiowa Apaches : far-ranging raiders -- Barbaric gardeners. The Jumanos : southwestern borders ; The Wichitas : nations of the north ; The Caddo confederacies : East Texas ; The provincial Atakapans -- Bitter bread of banishment. Extermination and oblivion.

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