Selection from Anthony Ganilh's Ambrosio de Letinez

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Title

Selection from Anthony Ganilh's Ambrosio de Letinez

Subject

Indigenous women

Description

Description of an Indigenous woman acting as a religious and medical practitioner in 19th-century Texas/Mexico Borderlands.

Creator

Ganilh, Anthony

Source

Anthony Ganilh [pseud. A. T. Myrthe], Ambrosio de Letinez, or the First Texian Novel, a Description of the Countries Bordering on the Rio Bravo, with Incidents of the War of Independence (New York: Charles Francis & Co., 1842), 1:15.

Publisher

Charles Francis & Co.

Date

1842

Rights

Public Domain

Format

Two-volume book

Language

English

Type

Ethnographic novel

Citation

Ganilh, Anthony, “Selection from Anthony Ganilh's Ambrosio de Letinez,” Hidden Histories at the University of Texas at Austin, accessed September 16, 2026, https://hiddenhistoriesut.org/items/show/690.

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