. Combats and conquests of immortal heroes. MRS. SARAH RIDDLE EAGER. FIRST AMERICAN GIRL BORM IX SAN CUSTODIAN OP THE CHAPEL OF THE ALAMO. This mission was founded on the First of May 1718 by orderof the most excellent Marquis de Valero. It was the firstcollege of the Holy Cross that in its zeal for the salvationof the natives was planted in the province of Texas. Combats and Conquests of Immortal Heroes 41 The records show that since its formation and up tothis date, (1762), that seventeen hundred and ninety-twopersons have been baptised here. At present there are seventy-six
. Combats and conquests of immortal heroes. MRS. SARAH RIDDLE EAGER. FIRST AMERICAN GIRL BORM IX SAN CUSTODIAN OP THE CHAPEL OF THE ALAMO. This mission was founded on the First of May 1718 by orderof the most excellent Marquis de Valero. It was the firstcollege of the Holy Cross that in its zeal for the salvationof the natives was planted in the province of Texas. Combats and Conquests of Immortal Heroes 41 The records show that since its formation and up tothis date, (1762), that seventeen hundred and ninety-twopersons have been baptised here. At present there are seventy-six families here, which, counting widows, orphans and otherchildren, comprise two hundred and seventy-five persons. The settlement contains a convent, or monastery, fiftyyards square with arcades above and below. In the monasteryare the living rooms of the religious, the porters lodge, the. CATHOLIC BISHOP J. C. NERAZ dining room, kitchen and the office. All of these rooms areadorned with sacred ornaments and furnished with such arti-cles as are needed by the religious, for their own use and forsupplying the Indians. In the second court is a large room; large enough forfour looms. Upon these looms are made the fabrics of cotton
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