The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 38, July 1934 - April, 1935 Page: 209
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Location of Tejas Indian Village and Spanish Missions 209
4. THE LOCATION OF THE MISSION OF SANTISSIMO NOMBRE
DE MARIA
While the mission of San Francisco was the first one estab-
lished for the Nabedaches (of whom there were nine or ten
tribes), it will be found upon close study of the translated man-
uscripts of Fonteuberta, Jesus Maria, and De Le6n that the ques-
tion of location of each mission will be made clearer if first the
location of the mission of Santissimo Nombre de Maria is deter-
mined. Jesis Maria states that this mission was founded (in
1690) on the banks of the river called Arcangel San Miguel
(today the Neches River). Since the first cross was erected
there on the day the church celebrated the anniversary of the
victory of Vienna (September 12),13 "the name of Santissimo
Nombre de Maria was bestowed upon the mission."14 By refer-
ring to the map it will be observed that at or near the point
where this mission was founded the Neches River makes an
abrupt turn from the northeast toward the southeast. It seems
probable that if this mission had been built at a point further
west, where the river runs more directly toward the east, Jesis
Maria would have stated that this mission was built on the south
bank of the river. The plural word "banks" might apply to both
the south and the west banks at the locality where he apparently
built mission Maria.
Governor Terin de los Rios described the mission Maria as be-
ing a league and a half northeast of the mission of San Francisco
and the Nabedache village and a league upstream from the place
where he crossed the Neches." This place was evidently not the
older crossing of the San Antonio road, for, Teran says that they
were delayed by much rain," and it may be readily surmised that
he could not cross the Neches at the older crossing owing to the
fact that the east side may have been overflowed as has already
been explained above. Another reason which may be advanced is
that if he had gone over the river at the older crossing and pro-
ceeded about a mile, he might have found himself in the high
waters of Bowles creek, which would have further impeded his
'The Cambridge Modern History, V, 361.
"'Hatcher, "Descriptions of the Tejas Indians," 209-210.
"Bolton, '"Native Tribes," THE QUARTERLY, XI, 266, note 2.
"1Hatcher, "The Expedition of Domingo Teran," 27-28.
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