Tlte Province of Texas in 1762 s devotion to the rosary. It had a pallium of Persian silk. Above a third altar, which was set up in the choir, there was a beautiful image of the Nazarene and several pictures. Along the sides of the choir were built-in benches for greater comfort. There were also two benches, two confes- sionals, a fountain for holy water, a baptismal font made of copper with its cover, a set of altar bells, candlesticks and four large bells. The sacristy was a well furnished room with drawers and closets in which the ornaments were kept. There were three chalices with their patens, four cruets, a mounted crucifix, a censer, and three anointers, all of silver. For the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice and other liturgical functions there were fourteen complete sets of vestments, some of Persian silk and some of damask, besides four copes. There were also twenty surplices and fifteen sets of altar cloths. The mission had three missals, two rituals, and all the things necessary for the adequate celebration of the various religious festivals. The pueblo proper consisted of seven tiers of houses made of stone arranged about a square. Through the center of this ran a waterway shaded by willows and various fruit trees which were cultivated for the benefit of the Indians. As a precaution against a siege, a good well had been dug to provide the inmates with water. The entire mission and pueblo were surrounded by a wall with a fortified gate, over which there was a turret, where three cannons were mounted. On either side were loopholes for its defence. Each house was provided with doors and windows and each one had high beds and chests with drawers. Each family had its metate (grindstone), its comal ( flat iron to cook corn bread), its pots and pans, and all the necessary utensils. These things were regularly supplied to the neophytes from the common warehouse. For the cultivation of their crops, which were chiefly corn, beans, chile, cotton, and some vegetables, the mission had forty yokes of oxen fully equipped, thirty plows and the necessary plowshares and harrows; twelve carts to transport supplies, stone, and timber; fifty axes, forty hoes, twenty-two bars, and twenty-five scythes. For carpentry they had all the necessary instruments and tools, such as planes, saws, vices, hammers, files, formones (chisels), and braces. They also had a well-equipped blacksmith shop to repair their tools, sharpen their instruments, and shoe their stock. In the granary, which was a large stone building, the supplies were kept. Here there was room to store as many as eighteen hundred bushels
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