The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 44, July 1940 - April, 1941 Page: 235
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warehouse, where supplies of food and munitions may be stored,
and other workshops necessary for its security; it should be
crowned with artillery for its defense.
Another fortification like this one [should be constructed]
on the point or banks of the Caudaches River (if Y [our] E [x-
cellency] is contemplating the conquest of this tribe, which
does not seem difficult [to effect] since it is a confederate of
the Texas [tribe]). With it, access to that territory will be
closed, and it will be protected against raids of the Apaches,
who are enemies of both. In this [fortification] shall be placed
the garrison, a mission, and the colonies set down below.
Another [fortification shall be constructed] on the San An-
tonio River with its garrison, mission, and colonies. Inasmuch
as it is in the center of [the territory occupied by] the wild
tribes, and since those of the north and south are enemies of
the ones that live on the site set aside for the missions, the
allotted escort of nine men is not sufficient, especially in view
of the fact that it has to be taken from the presidio, since it
is on a hostile boundary. Therefore, it seems that its number
must be increased to 25 in the manner set forth hereinafter
because the 9 [men] are not sufficient to resist the aggres-
sions of the Apaches, or the power of the northerners, or the
deceits of the southerners, powerful enough in their depreda-
tions to defeat the French, who were well established and for-
tified in the bay of Espiritu Santo.
It is necessary to build another fortification, with a garrison,
a mission and a colony, on the aforesaid bay of Espiritu Santo,
which is located on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico on a parallel
of 28 degrees and 23 minutes. It can be constructed either on
the site where the French had theirs or else in one of many
others found on that bay which is both appropriate and well-
suited to have a fortification and settlement. San Bernardo
Lake empties into that bay; in this lake Todos los Santos
empties; the Trinity River, flowing near the Azinaiz, empties
into the former; into the latter empties the San Marcos, to-
gether with the Red and the Guadalupe, which joins the San
Antonio [River], on the banks of which the mission is to be
constructed. From this bay one may navigate in pirogues or
canoes to the neighborhood of the Texas [Indians] and San
Antonio mission; everything could be taken there, and trans-
ported to the bay by sea from Vera Cruz at less cost to the235
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