This new study revolves around the Tonkawa tribe in the history of the Lone Star State and the greater Southwest.
The chronological account allows readers to understand its triumphs and struggles over the course of a century or more, and places the story in a larger historical narrative of shifting alliances, cultural encounters and economic opportunity.
From a coalition with the Lipan Apaches to the incorporation of Tonkawa scouts in the U.
Army during the late nineteenth century, the auth.
