The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 10, July 1906 - April, 1907 Page: 118
ix, 354 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.View a full description of this periodical.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Texas Historical Association Quarterly.
removed to the same site by Captain Ram6n's successor.' The
new location is apparently marked by modern Mission Valley,
west of the Guadalupe and near the northwestern line of Victoria
county.2
Though the presidio and the mission had retreated from their
midst, the Karankawan tribes remained hostile, and after Rivera's
inspection, in 1727, there was little prospect of subduing them.
Rivera's reports between 1728 and 1738 show that he regarded the
Cujanes, Cocos, Guapites, Carancaguases, and Copanes all incapable
of being reduced to mission life,8 and that it was for this reason,
mainly, that he considered projects for removing the presidio
and the mission of Bahia now to the San Marcos, now to the San
Antonio, and now to the Medina. A missionary at San Antonio
wrote in 1751 that "the Cujanes were for some thirty years con-
sidered irreducible, and (according to various reports to be found
in the Secretaria de Govierno), because irreducible, they were the
principal obstacle to the presidio of la Bahia." A little earlier he
had written, "In truth, since the year 1733, when I came to this
province, I have never heard that one of these Indians has attached
himself to that mission (Espiritu Santo)."4
borhood of la Bahia del Espiritu 'Santo, where their lands are, nor is it
proper that they should be put with the Jaranames and Tamiques, who
are in the mission called E'spiritu Santo at said Bahia, since they are of
different languages, incompatible dispositions, and do not like to be in
their company." Solis, in his Diario (1768), reports that the Jaranames
and their associates are "en mas politica" than the Karankawans (Me-
morias de Nueva Espaia, XXVII, 265).
1Bancroft, North Mexican States and Texas, I, 631, on the authority of
Morfi, Mem. Hist. Tex., 195. The presidio was removed after Apr. 8,
1724, and apparently before the close of Governor Almazin's term in 1726,
but I have been unable to determine the exact date.
This new site was later reported as fourteen leagues northwest from
Bahia del Espiritu Santo (Report of Captain Orobio y Basterra, of Bahia,
1747) and about ten leagues northwest of the later site of Bahia, or mod-
ern Goliad ('Capt. Manuel Ramfrez de la Piszina to the viceroy, Feb. 18,
1750). Mr. H. J. Passmore, of Goliad, informs me that at the lower end
of Mission Valley, and close to the Guadalupe River, "near some slight
falls, or what some think was an old dam in the River, and near what
was known as the 'De Leon Crossing,'" there were, within the memory
of the old settlers, some fairly well preserved ruins of a mission, whose
name none in his locality can tell him. The distances of this point from
the original site of Bahia and from Goliad correspond very well with
those given above.
"Santa Ana, president of the Quer6taran Missions at San Antonio, to
the viceroy, about May 22, 1752.
'Letters to the viceroy, June 17 and Dec. 20, 1751.118
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Periodical.
Texas State Historical Association. The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 10, July 1906 - April, 1907, periodical, 1907; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101040/m1/138/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.