History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 1 Page: 64
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HISTORY OF TEXAS.
not apply to wild Indians (Yndios bravos), but only to the
converted Indians (Yndios reducido s). The three classes of
the inferior or working clergy consisted of-curates, or parish-
priests, in the Spanish settlements ; teachers of Christian doc-
trine, having charge of those districts occupied by the convert-
ed Indians ; and missionaries, whose duty it was to go to the
countries of the wild Indians, and, by persuasion and other
means, to bring them under the protection of the government,
and impart to them a knowledge of their Creator. The church
of New Spain, in other respects, was organized as that of the
mother-country, having its archbishops, bishops, deans, &c.
The ceremonies, the solemnities, and the pomp of the Roman
catholic worship, were fascinating. To the natives, who never
reflect, or conceive an abstract idea, the sublime spiritual truths
of the gospel could not be taught. Only through the senses,
by means of striking emblems, could they learn a few simple
truths.*
The missionaries, while engaged in converting the wild In-
dians, were not unmindful of their own comfort and that of the
missions. The labor of the natives was employed in agricul-
ture, in raising stock, and in erecting large and convenient
edifices, by which means the fathers were not only enabled to
live agreeably themselves, but could extend the hospitalities of
the missions to travellers and friends.
* Robertson's History of America, book iv., p. 150.64
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Book describing Texas history up to the time of annexation to the United States of America. This first volume is broken into 22 chapters covering the start of European immigration (roughly 1685) through the establishment of the Republic of Texas in 1835, with a number of appendices containing supplementary information.
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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/m1/72/: accessed June 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.