I fought a good fight : a history of the Lipan Apaches / Sherry Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Sherry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lipan Indians--History.

Lipan Indians.

Lipan Indians--Texas--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (522 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This history of the Lipan Apaches, from archeological evidence to the present, tells the story of some of the least known, least understood people in the Southwest. These plains buffalo hunters and traders were one of the first groups to acquire horses, and with this advantage they expanded from the Panhandle across Texas and into Coahuila. Around 1700, the Comanches began forcing Eastern Apaches from their haunts, but they didnâ€TMt yield easily and from then on were the Comanchesâ€TM stubborn enemies. For a small group, the Lipans had an outsized impact through three centuries. They were

Contents:

Creation story 1

Early encounters

Friends and enemies

The Confederacy

Carlana

Early Texas

Trials of Cabellos Colorados

Trail of the dead

Saga of San Sabá

Missions impossible

Coahuila

Labors and designs

New allies

Picax-Ande

Spy vs. spy

Betrayal

War and peace

Castro

Friendship for the Texians

Flacco

Pathetic incident

Promises, promises

Chiquito

Starvation

Refuge

The last extremity

The captives

Mescalero

Day of the screams

Prairie Apaches

Between two forces

Victorio!

Renegades and refugees

Lipan exodus

Reservation life

End of an era

Lipan diaspora

We the Apache people

Epilogue

Appendices

Endnotes.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-57441-519-0

OCLC:

867740546