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selfish interest or moved by a sincere desire to atone for his previous conduct, enthusiastically sponsored the cause of the worthless Apaches. This resulted in the rejection of the proposals for peace made by the northern tribes. A final effort was made to reduce the Apaches to mission life by attempting new establishments on the upper Nueces. An unfore- seen circumstance, the cession of Louisiana to Spain, however, was soon to bring about a complete reorganization of the Spanish frontier and the i:;o long sought reversal of policy with regard to the Apaches. But before this took place, two new missions were to be founded near present Barks- dale and Montell for the faithless and thieving Apaches, a monument to the dauntless faith of the devoted friars, who continued to labor with unabated zeal among the unworthy plains Indians in whose cause they had shed their blood so generously at San Saba.
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