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town of San Antonio would expand very rapidly and the whole
country would develop. Third, the way would be open to work
the rich minerals which (according to general opinion) abounded
in the hill country of the Apaches; and, finally, the entire Spanish
dominion would be extended toward the north. In consequence
of all these reasons, he prayed for the establishment of the presidio
in the land of the Apaches.'
To Fray Guadalupe's representation the viceroy replied that such
arguments were all very well in theory, but that in reality there
were no useless presidios which could be moved to the Apache
country.2 Santa Ana's letters were also considered, together with
Toribio de Urrutia's third petition for a campaign, which had been
made at this time, as has been seen, and, in view of the conflicting
opinions that were presented by Urrutia, and the missionaries, it
was decided to submit the whole matter to the judgment of Don
Manuel de Sandobal, former governor of Texas."
2. Requests for Missions by the Apaches.-The protests of the
missionaries against a campaign, as has been seen, were unavailing.
Father Santa Ana seems to have made the best of the situation,
however, even accompanying Urrutia on the expedition of 1745.
Among the captives taken on this campaign was the seven-year-old
daughter of the Ypande chief, and through her the priest tried to
influence the chief himself to enter a mission. In a communica-
tion which he made to the viceroy in 1745 looking to the conver-
sion of the Apaches, Fray Santa Ana agaih said that they were
not nearly so formidable as was generally believed. The Ypandes,
he averred, had only one hundred and sixty-six warriors, and the
Natag6s one hundred. By placing presidios on the San Saba,
Pedernales. Salado. and Colorado rivers all could be reduced with-
out bloodshed, and even the Comanches would be converted.4 Be-
sides. the Apaches themselves, he said, were anxious to enter upon
mission life, for in October, 1745, a mission had been requested
for the third time by the chief of the Ypandes, who asked either
1Guadalupe to the viceroy, ca. June 21, 1743, Carpeta de Correspon-
dencia, 48-54.
"Auditor's parecer, June 27, 1743, Ibid., 58-59.
sAuditor's parecer, July 16, 1743, Ibid., 69-71.
4Santa Ana to the viceroy, May 16, 1745, Entrada de los Apaches,
7-9, 1-4.258
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