A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . ystem of evangelizationwas the reverse of that of the intelligent mis-sionaries of the present time. Now, we seek toeducate and civilize the heathen to the point ofbeing able to understand and accept the truthsof religion ; then, they demanded his religiousconversion first and educated him after-^js^^^^ wards. The true character of the systemand its results are shown in the very languageof the times. The Indians who had been converted and compelled to stay in villages, or to till the soil, were called reduced Indians {Indios r
A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . ystem of evangelizationwas the reverse of that of the intelligent mis-sionaries of the present time. Now, we seek toeducate and civilize the heathen to the point ofbeing able to understand and accept the truthsof religion ; then, they demanded his religiousconversion first and educated him after-^js^^^^ wards. The true character of the systemand its results are shown in the very languageof the times. The Indians who had been converted and compelled to stay in villages, or to till the soil, were called reduced Indians {Indios redn- ^^ ^K^ ^P|=^ «</<?5-), signifying that they were conquered rather than converted ; while the tribes who Indios Bravos. maintained their native freedom and refused the yoke of the Church, were styled brave or wild Indians {Indios bravos). Another serious trouble arising from tary and eccU- ,1 ? 1 1 r ,. kiasticai ^^ method of setthng and governing the country was the in- powcr evitable power which the military obtained over the civil and. SPANISH DISCOVERY AND DOMINATION IN TEXAS. 49 political institutions of the land. The army having been edu-cated to know and exercise its authority in the conquest of theterritory, and having been used to support the Church in itsmissionary labors, never surrendered its authority to the civilgovernment of the colonies. It was this mixture of the military,ecclesiastical, and civil power, with the balance in favor of themilitary, that renders the history of the Spanish possessions inAmerica so confusing and unsatisfactory, and its dangerous in-fluence on political and personal liberty has been demonstrated Pkriod I. Spanish Domination 152S TO182 I
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