The Wichita Indians traders of Texas and the Southern Plains, 1540-1845 - Smith, F. Todd, (Foster Todd) (Texas A & M University Press, 2000)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197) and index
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
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