The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 2, July 1898 - April, 1899 Page: 294
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294 Texas Historical Association Quarterly.
bay; besides, there were other grounds for action in the fact that
the Tejas were asking for priests for their country. All these
grounds being taken into account in the general assembly, there
were various opinions, and finally His Excellency decided that a
second expedition should be undertaken to the bay of Espiritu
Santo. Previously Capt. Alonso de Leon had already made known
to His Excellency all that was necessary for that journey, and
what he should do in the case. His Excellency ordained that Capt.
Alonso de Leon should go as commander, taking with him a hun-
dred and ten soldiers,-twenty from the garrison of Vizcaya, in the
neighborhood of Coahuila, forty who enlisted in Sombrerete and
Zacatecas, the rest from Saltillo and the new Kingdom of Leon-
one hundred and fifty long guns, twelve hundred weight of pow-
der, and three hundred weight of shot. They were to inspect the
bay of Espiritu Santo and to ascertain whether there were any
Frenchmen left of those who used to live there, or whether others
had recently arrived; the wooden fort built by the French was to
be burnt down, and Capt. Alonso de Leon was to communicate
with the Governor of the Tejas from the bay of Espiritu Santo as
to whether he would be willing to have the ministers of the gospel
enter into his territory, as he had promised Father Fray Damian
Manzanet a year previous. If the governor consented, then they
should escort the priests, proceeding with every precaution, and
should dispatch an order requesting and charging the Very Rev.
Father Commissary General to send with Father Fray Damian
Manzanet those of the brethren of the Holy College of the Cross
who should prove suitable, the father himself to decide how many
priests would be needed at first. At the same time he was to be
provided with all the necessaries for the journey. And I, being
present at this general assembly, remarked that I would take along
three priests for the Tejas, myself being the fourth, besides two
for the mission of San Salvador, which is on the way, making a
total of six priests to be sent immediately by the college; and in
the event of the Tejas receiving the faith, then the college should
send whatever other priests would be required. This was accepted
by the general assembly.
Afterwards His Excellency bade me make a note of what I
needed to take along, whereupon I replied that for the moment I
only wanted wine for the masses, a wafer-box and wax; as to
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