From Dominance to Disappearance is the first detailed history of
the Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest from the late
eighteenth to the middle nineteenth century, a period that began
with Native peoples dominating the region and ended with their
disappearance, after settlers forced the Indians in Texas to take
refuge in Indian Territory. Drawing on a variety of published and
unpublished sources in Spanish, French, and English, F. Todd Smith
traces the differing histories of Texas's Native peoples. He begins
in 1786, when the Spaniards concluded treaties with the Comanches
and the Wichitas, among others, and traces the relations between
the Native peoples and the various Euroamerican groups in Texas and
the Near Southwest, an area encompassing parts of Texas, Louisiana,
Arkansas, and Oklahoma. For the first half of this period, the
Native peoples--including the Caddos, the Karankawas, the Tonkawas,
the Lipan Apaches, and the Atakapas as well as emigrant groups such
as the Cherokees and the Alabama-Coushattas--maintained a numerical
superiority over the Euro-Americans that allowed them to influence
the region's economic, military, and diplomatic affairs. in Texas
declined dramatically and along with it their ability to survive in
the face of overwhelming hostility. From Dominance to Disappearance
illuminates a poorly understood chapter in the history of Texas and
its indigenous people. F. Todd Smith is an associate professor of
history at the University of North Texas. He is the author of
several books on Texas Indians, including The Caddo Indians: Tribes
on the Convergence of Empires, 1542-1854, The Wichita Indians:
Traders of Texas and the Southern Plains, 1540-1845, and The
Caddos, the Wichitas, and the United States, 1846-1901.
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