CONTENTS
CHAPTER I The Field and Its Workers.................................................................. 1 CHAPTER II Handicaps to Mission Development, 1731-1750.................................. 35 CHAPTER III The Beginnings of Civilized Life in Texas, 1731-1745.................... 75 CHAPTER IV Escandon and the Settlements of the Lower Rio Grande, 1738-1779 130 CHAPTER V Explorations and Settlements along the Rio Grande from San Juan Bautista to El Paso, 1735-1765.............. ..... ......... ....... ................. 197 CHAPTER VI Establishment and Early Progress of the San Xavier Missions, 1745-1750 ··· ········ ·· ······· ·· ············· ······················· ······· ··· ·········· ····· ···· · 241 CHAPTER VII The Destruction of the San Xavier Missions...................................... 292 CHAPTER VIII Missionary Activity among the Apaches: The San Saba Mission, 174J- 1758 ········ ········· ······ ··········· ············ ········ ······· ······· ········ ······ ··· ··· 339
Bibliography .. .. .... .......... .......... .... ..... ...... .... ..... .... ... ...... ......... ...... .. ..... .. ... 41 I
Index ...... .... .... .... ............. ..................... .... .. ..... ........ ......... ....... .. ......... ...... .. 441
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