The Wichita Indians : traders of Texas and the Southern Plains, 1540-1845 /

Historian F. Todd Smith provides background information on the Wichita Indians provenance -- the separate tribes of Taovagas, Tawakones, Kichais, Wacos, and other bands whose shared language and culture helped unite them for survival when external pressures increased.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smith, F. Todd (Foster Todd), 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station, Tex. : Texas A & M University Press, ©2000.
Series:Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University ; no. 87.
Subjects:
Wichita Indians > First contact with other peoples.
Wichita Indians > Commerce.
Wichita Indians > Land tenure.
Wichita > Commerce.
Wichita > Terres.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Discoveries in geography.
Politics and government.
Race relations.
United States > Politics and government.
United States > Race relations.
America > Discovery and exploration.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
Amérique > Découverte et exploration.
America.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Wichitas and the Spanish Entrada
  • Wichitas and the French Entrée
  • Negotiations with Spain, 1760-1771
  • Peace with Spain, 1772-1779
  • Tenuous coexistence: the Wichitas and Spain, 1780-1803
  • Wichitas between two empires, 1804-1821
  • Wichitas and Mexican Texas, 1821-1835
  • Wichitas and the Republic of Texas, 1836-1845.

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