TY - BOOK AU - Smith,F.Todd TI - The Wichita Indians: traders of Texas and the Southern Plains, 1540-1845 SN - 0890969523 (acid-free paper) U1 - 976 21 PY - 2000/// CY - College Station PB - Texas A&M University Press KW - Wichita Indians KW - First contact with Europeans KW - Commerce KW - Land tenure KW - United States KW - Politics and government KW - Race relations KW - America KW - Discovery and exploration N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-197) and index; Machine generated contents note: I The Wichitas and the Spanish Entrada, 3 -- 2 The Wichitas and the French Entree, is -- 3 Negotiations with Spain, 1760-1771, 35 -- 4 Peace with Spain, 1772-1779, 52 -- 5 Tenuous Coexistence: The Wichitas and Spain, I780-I803, 7. -- 6 The Wichitas between Two Empires, I804-I82I, 92 -- 7 The Wichitas and Mexican Texas, I82I-I835, III -- 8 The Wichitas and the Republic of Texas, 1836-1845, I35 -- List of Abbreviations, Iss -- Notes, 157 -- Bibliography, 189 -- Index, I99 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy022/00021984.html ER -