Author
Robert S. Weddle
Book Format
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Publisher
Texas A& M University Press
Published
October 1999
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The Spanish approach to the occupation of eighteenth-century Texas embraced the triad of mission, presidio, and settlement. In founding communities, Franciscan missionaries sought to convert the natives to Christianity and make them productive Spanish citizens. By midcentury, however, change was in the offing. The turning point was the San Saba Mission disaster and the ensuing military campaign to punish the Indians responsible. In 1758, the mission, near present-day Menard, was destroyed with the loss of several lives, including two of the missionaries, less than a year after its founding. In The San Saba Mission, Robert S. Weddle examines the factors that led to this tragedy and its influence on the reshaping of frontier policy, as well as the residual effects not only on the immediate Spanish settlements but on the area's development as a whole. Weddle's book offers a gripping account of the presidio's role in the episode, drawing on archival sources, including correspondence of missionaries and military officers with their superiors in Mexico. Weddle analyzes the consequences of the mission-to-settlement system and concentrates on the military aspects of the mission, noting that after the religious mission was abandoned, the presidio served later as the base for the strongest Spanish military expedition against Indians in Texas and probed territory as far west as the Pecos River. The San Saba Mission recounts some of the most sensational events in Spanish-Texas history in an intriguing and entertaining voice. A new introduction to this 1964 classic describes the findings of archaeologists after the mission site, not previously known, was discovered and excavated in the early1990s. This volume stands as a valuable resource in the canon of Texas history.
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Author
Robert S. Weddle
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Texas A& M University Press
Published
October 1999
Edition
New edition
Weight
382g
Page Count
256
Dimensions
153 x 229 x 15 mm
ISBN
9780890969113
ISBN-10
0890969116
Eden Code
1169724
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Author/Creator: Robert S. Weddle
ISBN: 9780890969113
Publisher: Texas A& M University Press
Release Date: October 1999
Weight: 382g
Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 15 mm
Eden Code: 1169724
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