A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . lPc^o^ 1I1I, MEXICAN RULE.—1821-1836. ¥¥ CHAPTER VII. Colonization Enterprises of Moses and Stephen F. Austin. T HE year 1821 marks a new and critical era in the historyof Texas. Two hundred and ninety years had elapsedsince the survivors of the Narvaez expedition landedon her shores and traversed her territory. One hun-dred and thirty years had passed away since the first mission-belltolled its invitation to the Tejas Indians on the Trinity. Monkshad come and gone, and their labors and sacrifices appeared tohave left no trace
A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . lPc^o^ 1I1I, MEXICAN RULE.—1821-1836. ¥¥ CHAPTER VII. Colonization Enterprises of Moses and Stephen F. Austin. T HE year 1821 marks a new and critical era in the historyof Texas. Two hundred and ninety years had elapsedsince the survivors of the Narvaez expedition landedon her shores and traversed her territory. One hun-dred and thirty years had passed away since the first mission-belltolled its invitation to the Tejas Indians on the Trinity. Monkshad come and gone, and their labors and sacrifices appeared tohave left no trace in the wilderness. Spanish troopers, Frenchtraders, and American filibusters had marched and fought anddied on her soil, yet, from the Rio Grande to the Sabine, thecountry was practically a trackless and unsettled waste. Theentire population, exclusive of the wild Indian tribes, did notreach ten thousand souls. There was no trade, in the propersense of the word. Agriculture was unknown, except in smallirrigated areas near the old missions and presidios. Some
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