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CHAPTER II.
DE LEON GOVERNOR OF MONCLOVA, IN T'EXAS-FOUNDS PRESIDIO ON THE
RIO GRANDE IN 1690-SUCCEEDED BY DOMINGO TERAN-ST. DENIS ON THE
RIO GRANDE-CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN D'ALARCONNE AND LA HARPEBELISLE
ON THE COAST-INDIAN LEAGUE.
EHIS expedition into Texas by the French was soon
known in Miexico. The Count of fNonclova became
viceroy in November 17, 1686, and one of the first acts
of the new administration was to take measures to
dislodge the colony of La Salle. A military post was
established in the interior, named for the new viceroy,
Mvonclova, and Captain Alonzo De Leon was appointed
to the command, with the title of Governor of Coaquila,
(afterwards spelled generally Coahuila). After settling
affairs to his satisfaction, at Monclova, De Leon started
to dislodge the French from their post on the Lavaca
river. WNith one hundred men he left iMonclova in the
spring of 1680, and arrived at the ruins' of the old fort,
April 22d. He penetrated the country as far as the
villages of the Cenis Indians, and recovered a few of the
colonists of La Salle, and humanely refurned most of
them to their own country. Having been informed of
the murder of La Salle, and that one or two of the conspirators
were still among the Indians, he captured
them, and they were condemned to the mines for life. In
1690 De Leon again visited Texas. He founded the
mission of San Juan Bautista, on the Rio Grande, at
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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/m1/93/?rotate=90: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .