Section 1
Because few Spaniards lived in these borderlands, the Spanish sent missionaries there to establish _______, or religious communities.
Missions
They built missions among the Pueblo Indians as well as ranches and towns, including _______, founded in 1610.
Santa Fe
Among these settlements was Ysleta (ees-leh-tah), established as a home for _________.
Tigua Indians
The group finally came ashore in _______ at Matagorda Bay on the Texas coast.
February 1685
A Franciscan priest, Father ___________, traveled with him.
Damián Massanet
The arrival of the first Spanish in Texas ushered in the __________.
Spanish Colonial Period
When was Santa Fe founded
1610
The arrival of the first Spanish in _____ ushered in the Spanish colonial period.
Texas
La Salle and the others quickly realized they could not live on the coast’s marshy lowlands. They moved inland several miles and built a settlement called __________ near Garcitas Creek.
Fort St. Louis
The Spaniards called the Indians ________, after the Hasinai word for “friend.”
Tejas
With the support of Spanish civilians, missionaries could teach the Indians about ________ and farming.
Catholicism
spiritual leader
Popé
In 1682 French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, ___________ expanded France’s empire.
Sieur de La Salle
Meanwhile, life was not going well at the settlement. Hunger and disease killed many settlers. In addition, the colonists had to defend themselves against attack by the ________ Indians.
Karankawa
The Spaniards called the Indians Tejas (teh-hahs), after the Hasinai word for ______.
Freinds
Military bases
Presidios
revolution
Revolt
________ agreed to La Salle’s proposal.
King Louis XIV
Back at the settlement, fewer than 30 people were left, mostly women and children. Karankawa Indians attacked and overran the fort in late __________.
1688 or 1689
After only a few days, they finished building _______________.
San Francisco de los Tejas
Ranches
Ranchos
Among these settlements was _______, established as a home for Tigua Indians.
Ysleta
The __________ left France in the summer of 1684. It had four ships and about 300 soldiers and settlers. The expedition ran into trouble when Spanish pirates captured one ship. Then some of the sailors deserted.
La Salle Expedition
_________, a Spanish governor, led another expedition in 1689.
Alonso de León
In 1691 Father Massanet returned to the mission with _____________, the first governor of Spanish Texas.
Domingo Terán de los Ríos