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CHAPTER III.
MISSION ESTABLISHMENTS--FIST MASS-MISSIONS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDERADAES,
AES, ALAMO, CONCEPCION, LA ESPADA, GUADALUPE, LA BAHIA, LA TRXNIDAD,
LORETTO, NACOGDOCHES, ORQUIZACO, REFUGIO, ROSARIO, SAN FERNANDES,
SAN JOSE, SAN SABA.
i{(HE period in which the Spaniards occupied Texas1690
to the Mexican Revolution in 1820-has been
notinappropriately called "The fission Period." The
discovery of the American Continent opened to the crowded
population of Europe a new door for enterprise; and
they were not slow in entering it. The adventurers who
first visited this country had two objects in view. The
first was to add to the dominions of their respective sovreigns;
and the second, to extend the Christian religion.
The establishment of missions accomplished both these
purposes-possession of the country was secured, and
provision made for the conversion of the aborigines.
Our knowledge of the history of these grand old structures
in Texas, is very meager; Ibut we give in a condensed
form all the facts accessible.
In 1690, Alonzo De Leon, as we hiave seen, when on
his route to Texas, founded on the Rio Grande the Mission
and then the Presidio of San Juan Bautista. Having
arrived in the neighborhood of La Salle's abandoned
fort, he projected a mission to be called San Francisco,
after the founder of the order of Saint Francis. The first
mass was celebrated by the fathers accompanying De
Leon, on the 25th of May, 1690. The mission was never
built.
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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/m1/98/?rotate=270: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .