History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 1 Page: 45
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EXPEDITION OF BDE LEON.
of 1689, and arrived at Fort St. Louis, on the Lavaca, on the
22d of April. Two days after, he went down to the head of
the bay, when he saw the wreck of the Belle. Learning from
the Indians that some of the colonists were still wandering
about over the country, he visited the Cenis nation.* He was
received and treated by this people with the hospitality for
which they were distinguished. He found here the notorious
L'Archeveque and Grollet, and took them prisoners. They
were sent to Mexico, thence to Spain, whence they were sent
back to Mexico, and condemned to the mines.
Having completed the business of his expedition, De Leon
returned to his post, and reported the facts to the viceroy: he
spoke in high terms of the good disposition of the Indians, and
suggested the propriety of the establishment of missions and
military posts over the country. This letter, dated on the 22d
of May, was laid before the council of the viceroy ; and, after
deliberation, it was resolved to establish a mission at Fort St.
Louis. Accordingly, in 1690, De Leon was sent again, with
one hundred and ten men and some friars, and established at
the fort the mission of San Francisco, so named in honor of St.
Francis D'Assisi. The king of Spain, having information of
these proceedings, issued his orders for the pacification and
reduction of Texas, as he considered it of great importance to
the security of his dominions in New Mexico.
In 1691, Don Domingo Teran was appointed governor of
Coahuila and Texas, with a salary of twenty-five hundred dol-
lars per annum, and proceeded with fifty soldiers and seven
* De Onis calls them Asimris, and denies that De Leon found any of the
French there; but the position he had taken in the discussion required, as he
thought, this denial.
t Life of La Salle, pp. 176, 176. The account given by De Barcia, in his
Chronological Essay, of the movement of Captain Do Leon, is not reliable. See
note to the Narrative of Father Douay, Discovery and Exploration of the Valley
of the Mississippi, p. 208.,.,,
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Yoakum, H. (Henderson K.), 1810-1856. History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 1, book, 1855; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2385/m1/53/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.