The Lipan Apaches : people of wind and lightning / Thomas A. Britten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Britten, Thomas A. (Thomas Anthony), 1964-

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lipan Indians--Historiography.

Lipan Indians.

Lipan Indians--Ethnic identity.

Lipan Indians--Social life and customs.

Manners and customs.

Ethnicity.

Historiography.

Physical Description:

xv, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2009.

Summary:

Despite the significant role they have played in Texas history for nearly four hundred years, the Lipan Apaches remain among the least studied tribal groups in the West. Considered by Spaniards of the eighteenth century to be the greatest threat to the development of New Spain's northern frontier, the Lipans were viewed as a similar risk to the interests of nineteenth-century Mexico, Texas, and the United States. Direct attempts to dissolve them as a tribal unit began during the Spanish period and continued with the establishment of the Republic of Texas in 1836. Forced removal from their traditional homelands diminished their ability to defend themselves and, as they attached themselves to the Mescalero Apaches and the Tonkawas, the Lipans faded from written history.

Contents:

The genesis of the Lipan Apaches

The Lipan Apaches in Spanish Texas, 1700-1749

Lipan Apache missions in Spanish Texas, 1750-1770

A war of extermination: Lipan Apaches in Spanish Texas, 1770-1800

The Lipan Apaches, Mexico, and Texas, 1800-1845

The Lipan Apaches and the United States, 1845-1905.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-322) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780826345868

0826345867

OCLC:

262452837