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The Indians Of Texas, From Prehistoric To Modern Times NEWCOMB, JR., W. W.

The Indians Of Texas, From Prehistoric To Modern Times

NEWCOMB, JR., W. W.

Other works by NEWCOMB, JR., W. W.

Publication: University of Texas Press, 1961, Austin

First edition. 8vo. Contains a two page inked inscription to a young man graduating from high school in 1961 from Judge Orland L. Sims, Past President of the Texas Archaelogical Society and author of "Gun-Toters I Have Known" (1967) and "Cowpokes, Nesters and So Forth" (1970). Cloth, xviii, 404 pp., foreword, acknowledgments, illustrated, plates, maps, bibliography, index. The author considers the various tribes of Texas including 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. A fascinating portrayal of Texas Indian life. Tiny rubs to the cloth at spine ends and corners, else a near fine, tight copy in dust jacket

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