New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-11-24

This conquest was soon lost again. but Tue spaH"
iarls appeal 90 have already made at this first con-
ouest the acquaintance Of that Indian tribe on the
Trinity river which the French called Les Ccnis,'
and which the Spaniards had already named " Los
Indos Texas At least all the authors who treat
about this first conquest already use this name for
those Indians So for instance, Barra the !soInno OF
Florida whose work published i'll l72@, and who
speaks repeatedly of Los Indos Texas, and OF the
missions amongst them as very important as ALSO
That interesting historical document which Nh. Toa-
kun published in the appendix to the first volume OF
his history of Texas, and which was written IN the
year l74' Nay tbs document SayI tIt an leaay
1850 lv the King of Spain " GOycrnador de Goa
hula y Texas."* Governor of Coahua and IeNas)
If we Shall understand this 50 that the king already
NG90) used this title and expression verbally then
the so-ealled & ndios Texas and the first Mission
amongst them must have very soon arrived to ame
and Importance. Perhaps the Circumstance that the
celebrated La Sale was murdered in tins uStrs.t OF
the Texas" Cor Cens.) and that there remained
amongst these Texas Tor Ccnis) different French
men, with whom De Leon and Theran had then dii-
terent transactions, assisted not little TO make the
name at once celebrated
The second Spanish conquest and colonization Of
these regions, after the celebrated Frtnrm9n's (St.
pens) expedition, N7lD vas again effected fy an
officer OF the province Of Coahuila, Don Domingo de
Ramon, WHO founded again different Missions and
forts towards the northeast and mere particularly
one amongst the Indians Of the district OF T,Hts.or.
az Barcia expresses himself zen las oynci&s de los
| Tras, Gin the provinces Of the TeNas.)t The mis-
s'l!S amongst these Indians again considered as
an annexation to the province Of Coah,liii and
again the king Cor the viceroy of New SPAIN nomi.
mated governor Of I" CoAhulla and Texas,
| (Goyornodor de Coyahua Tcxos.)i This time
| U7lS) it WAS Don Martin de Aarcon. Because now
the conquest kept its ground and made progress we
can from this year consider the name lcNaa def
nitcy adopted and settled to designate annexation
Or part Of the larger and more populated province
Of Co2hula. It vas 50 to speak, kind oi "tcrio-
! ry' belonging to that government
| So we know little of the time and occasion for
(which e6fhtFy sTsealled Sos e. n8H also the
place where this name originated It was ta5en as
We stated, from the Cents, Texas Indians, settled
Spauarus gave this name to these particular Indians
do not knowa Song believe the word 10 be Indian,
and say that wLefss AolEo de Leon, in 1854 arrived
amongst them he heard thepl often Use the wofd
Texas as term OF lsyenr friendshAG 0thSrs. srp
pose that the word is Sbani8h and stbat II inpIics'
some Indication ofE.:the m9snler efthe Indians i'll
| constructing covering tents or.wigWar1lS; Bat
this seems not well founded sunpostyn: Toy the
Spanish word 'Teia, Our Tejas) v!Qs not appear to
| have anything to do with covering q Attnt or 4
| wigwam it means SIM ly "a tile" g -
Tie first Frenrlnl4n who pronounced tbs -aAfne,
in the year l1l9 La Harpe,S received it evidently
through the Sp4rar1S He calls the country *4;tfeH
Ccn4s!manS La" Texas" Some Old French authors
| write ll50 la province de lastikas.
After .Nurcou followed still some other Governors
Of the Prqvnrc Of CoahuiIa and Texas. IeXio at
this Ac is called by the Spanish authors alone with.
out C0lhufA.. They do not call it "prorncia,' and
still less "gobiero, but generally they say e par"se
de Texas )" Ctht district OF Tcxas. Commonly it was
however, named, par e%ccllenre, a. the principal
para ge' or district Of this region There wee Sill
other districts Of mission fields in this great country
So that tine aforementioned interesting document Of
l7!4 speaks under the year lT22 Of lbs A|ay-, riIe
AdqyanS) Of lies Texas, CHE TeXansl ii LA
Bahia, (the Bay,) and Of san Antonio as Icing
all different districts, Of equal value, Vi the whole
In Tie year i728, forthe first time. separate GOV,
er0r for the province Of Texas alone nrlir ted;
but this province extended then only fir -p.tn
T. the river Medina. The southwestern part Of