Nov 19, 2013 · Francisco Hidalgo, the most patient and persistent advocate of missions among the Indians of East Texas, was born in Spain in 1659. Circumstantial evidence suggests that he was orphaned early. At the age of fifteen he received the religious habit of the Franciscans.

Francisco Hidalgo, a Spanish priest of the Franciscan order of Roman Catholicism, was a missionary to the American Indians in what are now northern Mexico and East Texas. His efforts helped lead to the long Spanish occupation of Texas. …

Francisco Hidalgo, the most patient and persistent advocate of missions among the Indians of East Texas, was born in Spain in 1659. Circumstantial evidence suggests that he was orphaned early. At the age of fifteen he received the religious habit of the Franciscans.

Father Francisco Hidalgo After the failure of the missions of the late 1600s, Spanish activity in East Texas was very quiet for 20 years. Then, in 1711, a Spanish missionary named Father...

Franciscan missionary Father Francisco Hidalgo writes a letter to the French Governor of Louisiana from his post at San Juan Bautista offering to introduce the French governor to Spanish merchants in exchange for the French supporting his unfinished missionary work in east Texas.

One of the other clerics, Friar Francisco Hidalgo, disagreed, but on October 25, they buried the mission bell, burned the building, and returned to Mexico. At the Colorado River, one of the four soldiers in the party suffered an accident and had to stop the march.

Oct 4, 2022 · Hidalgo, Francisco, 1659?-1726, Indians of North America -- Missions -- Texas, Indians of Mexico -- Missions Publisher Chicago, Franciscan Herald Press Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English Item …