The Wichita Indians: Traders of Texas and the Southern Plains, 1540-1845 (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University)
By F. Todd Smith.
Description
When two Wichita traders first encountered Europeans visiting the Pecos Pueblo in 1540, the Wichita tribes dominated the Southern Plains area, which stretched from Kansas to Central Texas. In the three centuries that followed, the Wichitas would be forced to negotiate with competitors, both European and Indian, for land, resources, trade, and their very survival. The Wichita Indians presents a thorough narrative of these bands from their first contact with Europeans until 1845, when the United States annexed Texas. Historian F. Todd Smith provides background information on the Wichita India...
ISBN(s)
0890969523, 9780890969526
