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HISTORY OF TEXAS.
inclosed with a stone wall, and buildings erected for the
accommodation of the priests, the soldiers, and such
domestics as might be necessary to cultivate gardens and
attend to the domestic animals. The task assumed by
the missionaries was not a light one. Father Marat, in
1712, complained that " it was necessary first to transform
these Indians into men, and afterwards to labor to
make them Christians."
It is difficult to fix accurately either the location or
date of these early establishments. The buildings first
erected were frequently temporary and removals often
took place. Then, one projected a mission, and some one
else established it. New invocations, and new names
were also given. For convenience, we will name the principal
missions in alphabetical order.
ADAES-Our Lady Del Pilar (of the Baptismal Font or
Parish).-As we have seen, Mayer attributes the foundation
of this mission to De Alarconne. Other authorities
ascribe its foundation to Ramon, in the time between 1715
and 1718. It was erected into a Presidio in 1781.
Besides holding the country against the French, its
object was to convert the Adaes, a small band of Caddo
Indians. It was never very prosperous as a mission.
Monsieur De Pages, who visited it in 1768, describes it
as then consisting of "forty houses" besides the church.
In 1790 it was entirely broken up, and the few Christian
Indians transferred to San Antonio, and a labor of land
known as the Labor de Los Adaenis assigned them,
near the church of the Alamo. In 1805, when Bishop
Feliciana Maria visited the Sabine in company with
Goveror Cordero, he baptized two hundred neophytes in
the old crcuch That was probably the last time it was
used for worship.
AES--Our Lady de Los Dolores,-was established in
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Thrall, Homer S., 1819-1894. A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879., book, 1879; St. Louis, Missouri. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5828/m1/100/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .