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lay friars to establish missions and military posts. They took
with them cattle, and seeds for planting ; and effected settle-
ments on the waters of Red river, on the Neches, and on the
Guadalupe. But in a short time these infant colonies, as well
as that at Fort St. Louis, began to decline. The Indians were
hostile, the crops failed, and the cattle died ; so that, in 1693,
they were all abandoned. These facts were communicated to
the king: he was informed of the great expense incurred, of
the difficultyof controlling the Indians, and it was recommend-
ed that the settlement of the province be postponed to a time
when circumstances should offer more hopes of success.*
Concurrently with the mission of San Francisco, was estab-
lished on the right bank of the Rio Grande, three miles from
the river, the mission of San Juan Bautista. This mission be-
came a Spanish post of observation ; it was erected into a pre-
sidio; and, in after-times, when travel became frequent between
Mexico and Texas, was on the great thoroughfare known as the
"old San Antonio road."
Thus Texas was once more without European settlers. Its
abandonment was approved by the superior government in
March, 1694. The post at El Paso, as being on the route to
the silver-mines of Santa F6, was still occupied; so likewise
was the mission at the presidio, probably because of its conve-
nience for trade with the Indians.
The Rio Grande seems to have been discovered at three dif-
ferent points by the Spaniards; and, without knowing it to be
the same stream, the discoverers gave it as many different"
* See Appendix No. 1. Testimonio de un Parecer dado en los auttos fephos
en virtud de Real cedula, en qe S. M. Manda se le inforrne sobre surttos abusos
comettidos en la provincia de Texas en el tiempo que se expressa; y tambien de
un parapho de ottro Parecer dado en los proprios auttos, uno y ottro del Senor
Audittor Gral de la Guerra, Supp . Gov . Axlo de 1744."-JBezar Archives,
paraphos 25, 26, MS. Senor Cevallos to Messrs. Monroe and Xinkney, April
13, 1805.HISTORY OF TEXAS.
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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/m1/54/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.