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counted on this occasion as many as ninety-two. 51 A number of Cado- dachos came with these Indians. They were all welcomed and feasted by the governor. Next day three children were baptized with much cere- mony, Alarcon serving as godfather. It was found that sixty-two baptisms had been performed up to this time. In the Indian quarters of the mission there were five houses. The influential Angelina was induced to come and live in one of them and the pueblo was reorganized and named Con- cepcion de Agreda. 52 On October 29, the chief of the Biday nation, accompanied by a number of women and children, came to pay his respects to the governor and to ask for a mission in their ranclzer,a. This was a numerous nation that lived, according to the chief, about three days' journey to the south of Concepcion Mission and occupied the territory from there to the coast.S3 The chief expressed a desire to visit the viceroy, but he changed his mind before Alarcon was ready to return to San Antonio. From Concepcion Mission, Alarcon went to visit San Jose on October 31. He spent four days inspecting the mission, distributing presents, and reorganizing the Indian pueblo, which he called San Jose de Ayamonte. Accompanied by Father Espinosa and eight soldiers he resumed his march to Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe on November 4, where he found the mis· sionary in charge seriously ill. His assistant welcomed the governor b: ringing the bell, and a salute was fired by the Indians. He inspected th, mission and found that twenty-seven baptisms had been celebrated since its establishment. He now named the pueblo Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de Albuquerque, and proceeded on his tour of inspection to Nuestra Senora de los Dolores. Here he was given a warm reception on November 6 by Fathers Espinosa and Margil, who came out to meet him with a large group of Indians. The Te Detmi was sung by the missionaries, and, upon inspection of the records, it was found that twenty baptisms had been performed. The Indian pueblo was named Nuestra Senora de los Dolores de Benavente. He then journeyed to San Miguel de los Adaes where he arrived on S 1 Espinosa, Chro11ica Serap!tica de Todos /os Colegios de Propaganda Fide, 451. SZThis was very appropriate, for these were the Indians to whom Mother Maria de Agreda is said to have appeared almost a century before as the "woman in blue." S3This tribe occupied the region between the Hasinai Confederacy and the Gulf of Mexico. They lived on both sides of the lower Trinity and were closely related to the Arkokisas and Deadoses. They represent a somewhat higher degree of advancement than the Karankawas, who lived west of them on the coast. Dolton, De Mezieres, I, 20.
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