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The first comprehensive ethnohistory of the Native groups that inhabited the Texas Edwards Plateau and surrounding areas during most of the Spanish colonial era.

Table of Contents

• Foreword by Thomas R. Hester
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Note to the Reader
• Chapter 1. A Move to Settle
• Chapter 2. The Bosque-Larios Expedition
• Chapter 3. A Move to Revolt
• Chapter 4. The Mendoza-Lopez Expedition, 1683-1684
• Chapter 5. A New Frontier: Tierra adentro, tierra afuera
• Chapter 6. Hard Choices: The Apache, the Spaniard, and the Local Native Groups, 1700-1755
• Chapter 7. The Price of Peace: Friends, Foes, and Frontiers
• Chapter 8. Ethnohistory and Archaeology
• Chapter 9. Conclusions: Weaving the Threads
• Appendix. Translation of Documents
• Notes
• References Cited
• Index

About the Author

MARIA F. WADE is a research scientist at the University of Texas at Austin, where she received a Ph.D. in anthropology and archaeology.

Reviews

"This is truly an exceptional work.... It makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the Native people of Texas by introducing new information from previously unused sources and fresh English translations of known documents." William C. Foster, author of Spanish Expeditions into Texas, 1689-1768