ILLUSTRATIONS AND i\lAPS
Padre Isidro Felix de Espinosa, 0. F. M., missionary and first historian of the missions of Texas. From an original painting ..... ................... ........................... .... ... . . Frontispiece , Presidio San Luis de las Amarillas or San Sabi, general view and main gate. Reconstructed on original site near l\Ienard. Courtesy of Menard Chamber of Commerce ................................................................... Facing page 112 . Typical Taovaya or Wichita Indian village. Repro- duced from Randolph B. Marcy, Exploratio1t of the Red Rh,er of Louisiana in t/1e year of 1852. The ,·illage at Spanish Fort was similar............... Facing page 128- Governor O'Reilly takes formal possession of Louisiana for Spain, August 18, 1769. Original drawing by Sister l\I. l\farietta, C. S. C., B. F. A., St. Mary's Academy, Austin, Texas ........ ....... .. ... ... .. ..... ......... ... Facing page 208 Kicolas de la Fora's l\fap of the Rubi inspection, 1767- 1768. From a copy made in 1816, now in the Library of Congress, with inscription in Spanish....F acing page 240. Title page of "New Regulations" for Presidios, printed first in Madrid in 1772. This is a rare and im- portant source for the history of the Spanish Southwest ................................................................... . Facing page 298 . The Trek to San Antonio. From an original drawing of the abandonment of Los Adaes by Sister l\I. Marietta, C. S. C., B. F. A., St. !\Iary's Academy, Austin, Texas ..... ..... .. ........... ....... .................. ...... ...... Facing page 314. Map of Texas tracing routes of expeditions and explora- tions, 1745-1777, and the inspection of Rubi ......... Facing page 410-
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