A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879. Page: 23 of 859
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CHAPTER I.
NAME-TEXAS CLAIMED BY SPAIN AND FRANCE-BOUNDARIES-AREA-GENERAL
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COUNTRY.
)THE name of Texas was derived from an Indian tribe
belonging to the great Caddo family. The country
now known as Texas has, at various periods, borne different
names. In old maps that on the north is called
Texas, or New Phillipines; while that farther to the
west is marked as Coahuila or New Estremadura. For
more than a century the territory was claimed both by
France and Spain. The Spaniards were the first occupants.
In 1522 De Narves traversed the country from
the Rio Grande to Mobile. Again, in 1537, De Nisa visited
the Rio Grande, entering the village of Isleta, then
inhabited by Puebla Indians; and in 1540 Coronado
took formal possession of the village, in the name of the
Spanish crown. Under the ministrations of the missionaries,
the inhabitants readily embraced the Christian
faith. In 1585 another company of missionaries, under
Espejo, took possession of El Paso and Santa F
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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/m1/23/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .