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Another thing to correct is their shield. The same book mentions the use of large, oval shields by the Lipan Apache instead of round, flimsy rawhide ones:

"Operating out of the southwestern Plains in the eighteenth century, the Lipan Apache carried bows and arrows and steel-tipped lances, which they fashioned from Spanish sabres. Newcomb, in his account of the Indians of Texas, writes, “For protection they carried oval shields about three feet by two feet, made from thick, bull bison hides. Arrows and even rifle bullets glanced off these shields unless the hit was dead center” (1978, 118)." "

While not the same Indian tribe, the Comanche used triple-layered buffalo hide shields reinforced with brass studs, which would make them far more durable than commonly portrayed. Both are described on page 37 of the book.