Tlee Beginnings of Civilized Life in Texas, 1731-1745
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head than the blue sky, no other companion than a faithful soldier, and no other bed than the hard ground." 77 Undaunted by their trials and tribulations, their innumerable hardships and sufferings, the Padres of both the Colleges of Queretaro and of Zacatecas were ready to branch out by 1745 and to renew their efforts to bring into the fold of the church their bitterest enemies, the Apaches. But before taking up the establishment of missions for this barbarous and fierce nation, which proved unworthy of the zeal and love of the missionaries, it is necessary to recount the missionary endeavors of the College of Zacatecas and the College of San Fernando in the establishment of a group of missions along the Rio Grande from its mouth to present Laredo.
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77 Report of Fathers Vallejo, Campa Cos, Marmolejo, Solis, Dominguez, and Chacon, January 1 5, 1750. San Francisco el Grande Arcliives, vol. 5, pp. 56-60.
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