The Indians of Texas: From Prehistoric to Modern Times

xviii, 404 pp. Illustrated by Hal M. Story. "...pieced together scattered data to present a lively recreation of all aspects of Indian existence within the present borders of the state. ...considers the various tribes--their origins, appearance, life cycle, livelihood, warfare, reliance upon the supernatural--in an order according to their technical productivity, beginning with the most crudely equipped. ...discusses first the wandering, often hungry Coahuiltecans, whose never-ending task of warding off starvation in a harsh region kept their culture at the most primitive level. He then discusses the Plains Indians, whose culture blazed briefly... to disappear with the extermination of the buffalo and the irresistible advance of the American frontier. Finally, he observed the more settled farming folk, concluding with the Caddoes, the most productive, advanced, and populous of all Texas Indians, and the Atakapans, a provincial reflection of Caddo grandeur."