The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-01

llegpe, held apost he knew how To dc.
Q-Dld the Spanish governor attempt 10
driyo 10 Harpe out Of Tesas2
A,--NO. lie could not rot tho reinforce
mentshe asked, and lao resigned In disgust.
Q-Was any further attempt made by
the French 10 COLOMBO TeXas2
Ayes, Durlngthe same year Monsieur
lIesle, with colony from France, In en-
deayorlng 10 find the mouth Of the Mis-.
sissippi river, landed at the same spot ut
which La Sale had landed and remaining
| there long enough TO get on good terms
with the Indians, and TO form an alliance
with them, he proceeded to New Orleans
with his vessels.
Odd he return TO Texas?
| Ayes, in 1921 Governor Bienville, OF
Louisiana, sent him back to the Matagorda
bay country, and he established q colony
there, but after feeble effort it was aband
oned and with it all endeayor for possession
OF Texas by the French.
Q.-At what time did Spain take formal
possession of Texas?
! AIN the year 1910.
Q.-Did Spain ever renounce her claim to
the country, or relinquish possession at any
time prior to the Mexican revolution in
A.-She did not, and by the right of dis
covery and of possession, the country in
reality belonged to Spain during those $50
years.
Q.-While tho Spaniards virtually oc-
cupied Texas from 1910 continuously 10 1920.
at what time can actual occupation be IT.
corded?
A.-From 1886, when Spanish monks took
possession OF Santa Fe and III Ps.so,
Q,-Who was the first governor Of Texas
under Spanish domination?
A.-Captain Alonzo DoLeon, who was
governor of Coahuila and Texas both.
| Q-What was his administration noted for
principally?
A.-The establishment and erection of
missions at different points in the country.
Q.-What can be said of the history of
Texas from 1000. the appointment of the
first governor of Texas to the beginning
Of thenireteenth century?
A.-Nothing of special import transpired
not already detailed during that period
save the establishment and erection
Of missions and the efforts of the mission
aries to convert the Indians.
GLOW and Of what were these missions
constructed?
A.-They were strongly built of stone
and concrete so that they would do for
strongholds of defence as well as OF
places Of worship. They had grounds at
tacned for cultivation and within their
walls were the cells ofthe monks, the chap
els, contessionals, ETC., and about many of
them were houses built rs homes for the
Indians who could be induced to scttle at
them.
| Q.-Name the principal missions estab-
lishcd during this period.
A.--Our Lady Del Pillar, located on
the Sabine river; Mission Conception
La Pdrissiana De Acupa, two miles
from San Antonio; Our Lady de
Los Dolores on Ayish bayou, near
; of more historic Importance than any other
in Texas. Its corner stone was lsid with
imposing ceremonies on the east side of the
San Antonio river in the Present city OF San
Antonio, on the Sth of May, 1744. A slab
can be seen in the front wall bear,
ing the date 1857. In 1893 1t ceased
to be parish church.
Q.-Why was it called the Alamo2
A.-Because. as WAS the case with all
missions then attached to it was 4 small gar
rison of Spanish soldiers. These soldiers mad
q long time been garrisoned in d fort in
Mexico to which they had become much at
tached because Of the rows of cottonwood.
called in their tongue Alameda, and when
TO select a site for their barracks, and the
mission they found cottonwood tree which
in Spanish is alamo, and from this it took
, its name.
Q.-Why is the Alamo more historic than
any other mission in the state?
A.-Bec.use it was the scene OF the most
heroic defense and the bloodiest massacre
since Thermopyl@.
Q.-What were the other missions estab-
lished in the period previously mentioned
A.-San Francisco de la Espado, first es-
tabished in the Medina river but afterwards
because ofthe Indians removed to San Anr
tonic for safety;La Trinidad located on the
Trinity river; La Bahia, at Goliad; Our Lsdy
Of Victoria, on the Guadalupe river in Vic
toria county: Our Lady of Nacogodoches;
in the town OF Nacodoches; Our
, Lady of Loretta, on the Mataeorda
,, bay; Our Lady of Refugio, in the
, zscco, on the San Jacinto river;
Rosario, but q short distance from
a Goliad, San Jose de Aguayo, a few miles be-
Q low San Antonio on the river of that name:
San Saba, on the San Saba ri Jer, in Menard
county; San Juan Capistran, located
some in, the town of Naeogdoches,
six miles below San Antonio, and San Fer
nandes, parish church in the city of San
Antonio. Besides these missions known by
name there are the ruins of several Others
, in different portions of the state, the histo-
ries Of which are entirely lost;
4 in Gf7o4a ~ "A' ''-' WV" ~
A.-They were secu'arized by Don Pedro
de Nava, governor Of Texas, and their control
passed from the monastic orders to the
: secular clergy.
Q-Who made the first practical attempt
9 to introduce colonists into Texas?
= A.-The Marquis of Casa Fuesta, who be
: came viceroy of Mexico in 1922.
al Q.-lIow came he to take an interest II
i this matter?
= Ale had visited the country before he
became viceroy and was so pleased with III
. aspect generally that ne determined "a
= using his influence with the king Of SpaiT
3 to COLOMBO it.
Q-How did he proceed TO carry hi
= | xt-ish into pYaputiOu
q Ale persuaded King Ferdinand 81 o
Spain at his own expense, that is, from thu
= artreasury, TO defray the cost Of trans
porting families TO the new colony on thu
r. San Antonio river. By this means sixteer
q lands. were brought to Texas.
Q.-Among the names of these early fam
A lies are there any that became noted in th'
later history Of Texas2
n AYES. We see the names OF Navarro
of Manchaca, of Veramendis, Of Seguin, o
n Flores and. perhaps, others who attained
reputation and mention in the revolution
ii OF Texas.
4 Q.-What was this settlement called7
n A.-San Fernandes, after the king o
Spain, but it was afterward cha-ged to sal
3 Owe find that the Franciscan monks
for more than century, bad been estab
4 fishing missions and attempting to ciyiiiE'
e the Indians. With what success were thei
4 efforts attended?
A-With, comparatively speaking, none
Il They had endured untold suflerings, AM
. very many OF them had sacrificed thei
lives in their Christisn endeayors, but Tn
dawn Of the nineteenth century saw moth
A ing more than a few magnificent piles 0
= stone with the cross Of Christ gleaminl
- above them. splendid monuments TO thu
devotion which had characterized thes
Z workers in the vineyard OF their Master 10
I. a century. Texas was the same wilderness
Il and her Indians the pane Intractable, hos
Il tile, treacherous, blo6dthirsty saysges Of
- century before.