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Author

Smith, F. Todd (Foster Todd), 1957-

Title The Wichita Indians : traders of Texas and the Southern Plains, 1540-1845 / F. Todd Smith.

Imprint

College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University Press, c2000.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	976 Sm56w	---	Available

Description	xiii, 206 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Series	Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; no. 87
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-197) and index.
Contents	Wichitas and the Spanish Entrada -- Wichitas and the French Entree -- 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.
Subject	Wichita Indians -- First contact with Europeans.
	Wichita Indians -- Commerce.
	Wichita Indians -- Land tenure.
	United States -- Politics and government.
	United States -- Race relations.
	America -- Discovery and exploration.
ISBN	0890969523 (acid-free paper)