History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 1 Page: 89
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MASSACRE AT SAN SABA MISSION. 89
tier. We have seen its benevolent object. Such a return for
such love, while it calls down blessings upon the heads of the
devoted followers of the cross, is enough to make one doubt
whether the Indian forms a part of the human race. This fear-
ful butchery had its effect in causing the missions in Texas to
decline. In fact, they never recovered from the blow.
Efforts were made to avenge this cruel outrage. Captain
Don Diego Ortiz de Parilla was despatched with a body of
troops to chastise the ruthless savages; but the latter fled to
their strongholds, and we have no evidence that they were
ever punished.*
* Kennedy, vol. i., p. 222. In 1752, there was discovered at San Saba a silver-
mine, which drew to the fort quite an increase of population. It is probable
that the bad behavior of the miners toward the Indians brought on the terrible
massacre of 1758. At the time of its occurrence, there was a fort, surrounding
an acre of ground, under a twelve-feet stone wall, enclosing a church and other
buildings.-Holly, History of Texas, p. 164._ ,
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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/m1/97/: accessed May 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.