Excerpts from the Memorias for the history of the province of Texas
Subtitle: being a translation of those parts of the Memorias which particularly concern the various Indians of the province of Texas; their tribal divisions, characteristics, customs, traditions, superstitions, and all else of interest concerning them. With a prolog, appendix, and notes.
By: By Frederick C. Chabot. Covering the period from earliest times to the close of the Memorias by Padre Fray Juan Agustin de Morfi ... Translated and annotated by Frederick C. Chabot. Translation revised by Carlos E. Castaneda ...
Contributors: Chabot, Frederick Charles, 1891-1943, ed. and tr.; Castañeda, Carlos Eduardo, 1896-1958, joint tr.
Publisher: Priv. pub., printing by the Naylor Printing Company
Published: 1932
Place of publication: San Antonio, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 85
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Texas.; Indians of North America -- Missions.; Missions -- Texas.; Texas -- History -- To 1846 -- Sources.
Notes: Bibliograhy: p. [73]-76.
Title vignette.
"Of the 200 individually numbered copies of the restricted first edition this is copy number 300." The limited number "200 individually" ruled out in manuscript.
Half-title: Memorias for the history of Texas, by Father Morfi. (Indian excerpts)
"The memorias for the history of Texas, the standard authority for Texan history down to 1783, comprises 462 folios of manuscript ... The present excerpts were translated from the photostat copy in the University of Texas Library, taken from the original in the Library of Congress."