The life and writings of Rufus CBurleson, DD., LLD., containing a biography of DrBurleson by HonHarry Hayens; . se missions consisted of thechapel for worship, the cells for the monks, the dwellings forthe inhabitants, and a fort for defense. The mission was underan officer of the army, who, in most matters, was under thecontrol of the priest. In 1690 the Mission of San Franciscowas established on the Lavaca river, at Fort St. Louis, by 782 The Life and Writings of the Spanish under Captain Alonzo De Leon. In the same yearthat of San Juan Baptista was founded on the Kio Granderiver. In 1714 Ca
The life and writings of Rufus CBurleson, DD., LLD., containing a biography of DrBurleson by HonHarry Hayens; . se missions consisted of thechapel for worship, the cells for the monks, the dwellings forthe inhabitants, and a fort for defense. The mission was underan officer of the army, who, in most matters, was under thecontrol of the priest. In 1690 the Mission of San Franciscowas established on the Lavaca river, at Fort St. Louis, by 782 The Life and Writings of the Spanish under Captain Alonzo De Leon. In the same yearthat of San Juan Baptista was founded on the Kio Granderiver. In 1714 Captain Kamon established the Mission of SanBernard, also Mission of Adaes, among the Indians of thatname, fifteen miles west of Natchitoches. In 1715 was estab-lished the Mission of Dolores, west of Sabine, among theOrquisaco Indians. In the same year a mission was foundedamong the Nacogdoches Indians, near the site of the presenttown of that name; also another among the Adaes Indians,near the site of the present town of San Augustine. The mis-sion fortress of San Antonio de Talero was soon after this es-. PRIESTS AND ATTENDANTS LEAVING THE ALAMO. tablished on the San Pedro river, near the site of the presentcity of San Antonio. Captain Don Ramon, who was the mostefficient and active in building up these missions, was a greatfavorite among the Indians, who adopted him as a son, and as-sisted him in his labors. In the year 1721, a post and missionwas located at the crossing of the Naches, and another on theBay of San Bernard, called Our Lady of Loretto. In thesame year, the Mission of La Bahia (the bay), was establishedat the lower crossing of the San Antonio river. In 1730, thechurch of San Frando, in the present city of San Antonio, wasfounded. In 1731 was established not far from the same De. Kufus 783 place, the Mission of La Purissimaa Conception de Mission of San Jose alluded to above under another namedeserves a more extended notice. It was first foun
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