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Informationen zum Autor F. Todd Smith is an associate professor of history at the University of North Texas. He is the author of several books on Texas Indians, including The Caddo Indians: Tribes on the Convergence of Empires, 1542-1854, The Wichita Indians: Traders of Texas and the Southern Plains, 1540-1845, and The Caddos, the Wichitas, and the United States, 1846-1901. Klappentext F. Todd Smith is an associate professor of history at the University of North Texas. He is the author of several books on Texas Indians! including The Caddo Indians: Tribes on the Convergence of Empires! 1542?54! The Wichita Indians: Traders of Texas and the Southern Plains! 1540?45! and The Caddos! the Wichitas! and the United States! 1846?01. Zusammenfassung Presents the history of the Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest from the late eighteenth to the middle nineteenth century! a period that began with Native peoples dominating the region and ended with their disappearance! after settlers forced the Indians in Texas to take refuge in Indian Territory. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionOne - Dominance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest to 1786; Two - Tenuous Coexistence: The Indians and Spain! 1786-1803; Three - Contested Boundaries: The Indians! Spain! and the United States! 1804-1810; Four - The Indians and the Breakdown of Spanish Texas! 1811-1822; Five - Destruction: The Indians! Mexican Texas! and the American Intrusion! 1823-1836; Six - Defeat: The Indians and the Republic of Texas! 1836-1845; Seven - Desperation: The Indians and the United States! 1846-1853; Eight - Disappearance: The Indians and the Texas Reserves! 1854-1859Epilogue
