The Indians of Texas: From Prehistoric to Modern Times (Texas History Paperbacks)

A classic work on the indigenous peoples of Texas. Frontmatter Foreword (page vii) Acknowledgments (page xiv) Part I: Before the Written Record 1. The Beginnings (page 3) Part II: Savages of the Western Gulf Culture Area 2. The Coahuiltecans: South Texas (page 29) 3. The Karankawas: Gulf Coast (page 59) PART III: Nomads of the Plains 4. From Foot to Horse (page 85) 5. The Lipan Apaches: Conquerors Dispossessed (page 103) 6. The Tonkawas: Central Texas (page 133) 7. Comanches: Terror of the Southern Plains (page 155) 8. Kiowas and Kiowa Apaches: Far-Ranging Raiders (page 193) PART IV: Barbaric Gardeners 9. The Jumanos: Southwestern Borders (page 225) 10. The Wichitas: Nations of the North (page 247) 11. The Caddo Confederacies: East Texas (page 279) 12. The Provincial Atakapans (page 315) Part V: Bitter Bread of Banishment 13. Extermination and Oblivion (page 333) Bibliography (page 365) Index (page 379) Explores the ethnography of the Indian tribes who lived in the region that is now the state of Texas since the beginning of the historic period By W.w. Newcomb, Jr. ; With Drawings By Hal M. Story. Includes Bibliography (p. 365-377) And Index. Anthropological study of the Comanches, Wichitas, Tonkawas and other Texas Indian societies