The life and writings of Rufus CBurleson, DD., LLD., containing a biography of DrBurleson by HonHarry Hayens; . to die. ERA OF MISSIONS. The second great era of Texas history is justly called theEra of Missions. This era began in 1687, and ended about1800, a period of one hundred and thirteen years. TheseMissions were established by the Franciscan Monks. Thezeal, the sacrifice and the martyrdoms of these Monks have 780 The Life and Writings of excited the admiration of the world and were worthy of apurer faith. These missions when fully equipped, had a largechurch, a strong military fortificat
The life and writings of Rufus CBurleson, DD., LLD., containing a biography of DrBurleson by HonHarry Hayens; . to die. ERA OF MISSIONS. The second great era of Texas history is justly called theEra of Missions. This era began in 1687, and ended about1800, a period of one hundred and thirteen years. TheseMissions were established by the Franciscan Monks. Thezeal, the sacrifice and the martyrdoms of these Monks have 780 The Life and Writings of excited the admiration of the world and were worthy of apurer faith. These missions when fully equipped, had a largechurch, a strong military fortification, with smaller houses forthe monks and barracks for soldiers, all of solia rock. To thesewere added gardens, orchards and fields. The historic and wellknown mission of the Alamo is a model of all Catholic mis-*sions. The object of the mission stations was two-fold. 1. Toconvert the savages to the Roman Catholic religion. 2. Tohold the territory for the sovereigns. How largely this latterelement entered into the glowing zeal of the Catholics may beinferred from two facts. 1. The Spanish Catholics allowed. THE ALAMO. the two hundred thousand Indians in Texas to grope in utterdarkness from the discovery of Don Espejo, in 1620, to thelanding of La Salle, the Frenchman, without sending a singlepriest, monk or nun. But as soon as the French colony underLa Salle, located in Matagorda bay, and erected Fort St. Louis,the whole Catholic Spanish world was on fire. The gallantCount Monclova sent Captain Alonzo DeLeon to drive out theFrench and established missionary forts from the Rio Grandeto the Sabine. He at once founded the mission of San JuanBaptista (St. John the Baptist), on the Rio Grande and pro-jected another armed mission at the deserted fort of La Salle Dr. Rufus C. Burleson. 781 at St. Louis. 2. A second fact illustrates the strong materialelement in these Catholic missions. Marquis Casa Fuestavisited Texas and seeing its vast fertility, induced the King ofSpain to spend $7
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