1. Spanish Settlements Ch. 5 Section 2

2. Missions Established in East Texas ► In 1716, guided by St. Denis, a large Spanish force led Spanish families to the site of San Francisco de los Tejas. ► It was the first time the Spanish families came to settle in East Texas.

4. San Antonio Is Founded ► In 1718 the Spanish built a fort- town, Presidio San Antonio de Béxar, on one side of the San Antonio River. ► Many soldiers brought families to settle permanently. ► Across the river, Father Antonio de San Buenaventura Olivares founded Mission San Antonio de Valero.

6. Aguayo Defends the Missions ► In 1719 war broke out between Spain and France. ► French soldiers seized the Spanish mission near Nacogdoches. ► In the spring of 1721, Aguayo led a large group of soldiers and settlers into East Texas and reestablished the abandoned missions.

8. Aguayo Starts Two Cities ► Aguayo built a large presidio named Nuestra Señora del Pilar de los Adaes. ► One hundred soldiers and their families started a village nearby. ► Spanish authorities made Los Adaes the capital of Texas in 1722, and it remained the capital for 50 years.

10. Aguayo Starts Two Cities ► Aguayo established a mission and presidio near the ruins of La Salle’s fort. ► The mission and presidio later were moved to the San Antonio River, near present-day Goliad. ► The Spanish named the settlement La Bahía.

11. An Uneasy Peace ► The presidio on the Angelina River was abandoned in 1727 to reduce expenses and the number of soldiers at Los Adaes was reduced. ► The Spanish and French peacefully accepted a small stream between Los Adaes and Natchitoches called the Arroyo Hondo as a boundary.

14. Plains People Resent Missions ► Native American people of the Plains, however, resented missionaries who were seen as intruders on their hunting grounds. ► Apaches regularly raided San Antonio, and Comanches fought the invaders.

16. Plains People Resent Missions ► From 1748 - 1751 Catholic Missionaries founded three missions along the San Gabriel River near present-day Rockdale. ► The missionaries suffered many misfortunes, and the Spanish friars abandoned one mission and moved the other two closer to San Antonio.

17. San Sabá Mission Fails ► In 1757 missionaries founded Mission San Sabá near Menard, and soldiers built a presidio a few miles away. ► The mission system failed to Christianize the Plains people. ► Native Americans attacked Mission San Saba, killing the priests and destroying the mission