Indians of Texas From Prehistoric to Modern Times

Name: Indians of Texas From Prehistoric to Modern Times
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ISBN: 9780292784253

ISBN-10: 0292784252

ISBN-13: 9780292784253

Edition: 1961

Authors: W. W. Newcomb, W. W. Newcomb

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"Newcomb's book is likely to remain the best general work on Texas Indians for a long time." American Antiquity " The Indians of Texas , by W. W. Newcomb, Jr., is an excellent and long-needed survey of the ethnography of the Indian tribes who resided within the present limits of Texas since the beginning of the historic period.... The book is the most comprehensive. scholarly, and authoritative account covering all the Indians of Texas, and is an invaluable and indispensable reference for students of Texas history, for anthropologists, and for lovers of Indian lore." Ethnohistory "Dr. Newcomb writes persuasively and with economy, and he has used his material very well indeed.... his…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 1961
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 1/1/1961
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 440
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Foreword


Acknowledgments



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 Witchitas: Nations of the North



The Caddo Conferedacies: East Texas



The Provincial Atakapans



Bitter Bread of Banishment



Extermination and Oblivion


Bibliography


Index