The Spanish borderlands; a chronicle of old Florida and the Southwest . that your Reverence would succeed in yourdesires. This letter reveals Father Hidalgos fi-nesse. While Ramon entertained St. Denis and dis-patched messengers to the authorities in MexicoCity asking what he should do with him, St. Denisimproved his time by winning the heart of Ramonsgranddaughter, Manuela Sanchez, who later wentwith him to Natchitoches and there reigned foryears as the Grand Dame of the post, becominggodmother, as the baptismal records show, of mostof the children of the place. A new French menace had arisen
The Spanish borderlands; a chronicle of old Florida and the Southwest . that your Reverence would succeed in yourdesires. This letter reveals Father Hidalgos fi-nesse. While Ramon entertained St. Denis and dis-patched messengers to the authorities in MexicoCity asking what he should do with him, St. Denisimproved his time by winning the heart of Ramonsgranddaughter, Manuela Sanchez, who later wentwith him to Natchitoches and there reigned foryears as the Grand Dame of the post, becominggodmother, as the baptismal records show, of mostof the children of the place. A new French menace had arisen. The Viceroyof Mexico hastily decided to found new missions inTexas and to protect them this time by strong gar-risons. St. Denis, having by his marriage and hiscleverness ingratiated himself with the Spaniards,was engaged at five hundred dollars to guide theTexas expedition, which was commanded by Cap-tain Domingo Ramon, his wifes cousin. It looksmore like a, family affair than an international THE BELFRY OF SAN GABRIEL Drawing from a L-r^v^rt. A- TEXAS 225 row. Meanwhile Hidalgo had given the Viceroya satisfactory explanation of his random mis-sives and had received permission to go to Texaswith the expedition. The colony crossed the RioGrande in April, 1716. It consisted of sixty-fivepersons, including soldiers, nine friars, and sixwomen, a thousand head of cattle, sheep, andgoats, and the equipment for missions, farms,and garrison. At the head of the missionarieswent two of Spains most distinguished men inAmerica, Father Espinosa, the well-known his-torian, and Father Margil, whose great servicesin the American wilds will probably result in hiscanonization by the Papal Court. The Asinaiswelcomed the Spaniards and helped them to erectfour missions and a garrison near the Neches andAngelina rivers. Shortly afterward a mission wasbuilt at Los Adaes (now Robeline) Louisiana, with-in fifteen miles of St. Deniss post of success of
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