The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 5, July 1901 - April, 1902 Page: 210
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210 Texas historical Association Quarterly.
tions of this period. For the local chapter of the Daughters
of the Republic he wrote- The Story of the Alamo, a sketch
of its history taken from records hitherto largely unused. The
manuscript of this is now in possession of the organization, by
whom it will shortly be published. A more ambitious work, A
Catalogue of Franciscan Missionaries in Texas (1528-1859), pub-
lished in April last, is an indispensable aid to the student of Texas
history. Although as yet necessarily incomplete, it must form the
basis for any future research in that field. His most important
work for this period, however, was his collection of notes and maps
on the various Franciscan missions of Texas. He had made a
thorough study of parish and mission records, as preserved by the
church authorities in San Antonio, and from these had made
copious notes. In addition, he prepared a series of maps locating
the missions, with plans of them, so far as was possible, from
descriptions or extant drawings. His health did not permit him
to travel in order to verify in person his data; nor, for this reason,
was he able to examine the material in the Bexar Archives bearing
upon his subject. Had his life been spared a few years longer,
doubtless he would have been able to bring out an authoritive
work on the early Texas missions. His notes and maps are now in
the possession of Father Zephyrin Engelhardt, O. F. M., an author
of note on the early missions of the order, by whom they doubtless
will be well used.
While engaged in his study of the mission records he was able
to formulate a very complete list of the various Indian tribes of
the Southwest, from which the missions were recruited. The value
of this list has been duly acknowledged by the authorities of the
Bureau of Ethnology at Washington. Another auxiliary work in
which he had made an important beginning was the preparation
of a more elaborate and complete bibliography of Texas than has yet
been attempted. For this purpose he was using, as a foundation,
the work of Judge C. W. Raines, and greatly expanding it in many
particulars. During this period he was a frequent contributor to
the periodical press of this vicinity. Another important work,
posthumously published, A Collation of Kingsborough's Antiq-
uities of Mexico, is, like most of those mentioned above, intended
for the scholar rather than the general reader.
Thus did our worthy friend occupy himself during the declining
years of his life. Shut in from the busy world in which he would
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