| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 38.2

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| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 38.2 | The History Cooperative

From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest 1796–1859. By F. Todd Smith. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005. xv + 314 pp. Maps, notes, bibliography, index. $59.95, 45.95.)
Native American historiography of the near Southwest of Louisiana and Texas is incomplete because it relies primarily upon English sources. F. Todd Smith's analysis, based upon English, French, and Spanish records is a comprehensive narrative of the interactions that occurred between American Indians, these three European powers, and the United States.	1
Prior to contact, Native Americans in the region were "prosperous and thriving" (p. 1). Rapidly devastated by disease, tribes retained geographical control by joining with other groups to maintain population superiority and by negotiating trade agreements with Europeans. Texas and Louisiana became a true "middle ground" as these new cultural amalgamations emerged (p. 22).	. . .

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