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Spanish Activities on Lower Trinity River, 1746-1771 351
sion as captain, a cane, symbol of authority, a jacket, a sombrero,
and a shirt, while for Tomas, chief of the Bidai, who already had
a commission as captain, they carried a like outfit. When they re-
turned from this journey, which included a visit to the Nabedache,
to the Bidai villages of Antonio and Tombs, and to the Orcoquiza
village of El Gordo, they were accompanied by Mateo, Tombs and
a band of braves, who were duly entertained by the governor,
and who repeated former requests for missions.'1
Del Rio had found no French settlement, but he had heard
from the Indians, who, as was to be expected, told a good story,
that subsequently to the arrest of Blancpain some Frenchmen had
been among them, that Mateo. and his people (loyal to the Span-
iards, of course!) had withdrawn from the coast, but that Canos,
Blancpain's proselyte, had been to New Orleans, and, on his re-
turn, all decked out in French garb and laden with presents, had
tried to win the rest of his tribe to the French cause.
This report evidently caused Barrios to act. Del Rio's return
was early in June. Sometime between this date and August 27-
probably at least a month before this-the governor sent twenty-
eight soldiers recruited from San Xavier, San Antonio, La Bahia,
and Adaes, to garrison El Orcoquisac until permanent arrange-
ments should be made by the superior government The post-
ing of this garrison marks the beginning of the Spanish occupa-
tion of El Orcoquisac.
PRESIDIO, MISSION, AND VILLA AUTHORIZED, 1756
The examination of Blancpain in the royal hall of confessions
had occurred in February, 1755. For a year after this nothing
was done by the superior government in Mexico but to discuss and
refer, a process all too well known to the special student of Span-
ish-American history. To follow the details of this correspond-
-Dilijens Practicadas, 1755. L. P. no. 25. The details of this expe-
dition are given in the declarations of the soldiers who accompanied Del
Rio. (Ibid.) Miss Brown makes no mention of Del Rio's journey between
October and April.
2Test. del Dictamen, Oct. 11, 1755. The date, Aug. 25, is fixed by Val-
carcel's statement that on this day the fiscal had suggested that part of
the temporary garrison sent by Barrios should remain. Ibid. Miss Brown
concluded that this garrison was not sent. My inference is drawn from
Valcarcel's Dictamen.
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