Texas in the Middle Eighteenth Century: Studies in Spanish Colonial History and Administration

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• Title Page iii
• Preface v
• ERRATA viii
• CONTENTS ix
• I. A GENERAL SURVEY - (1731-1788) xi
• INTRODUCTION - TEXAS, A BUFFER PROVINCE 1
• Chapter I - THE PROVINCE ON TRIAL (1731-1745) 14
• Chapter II - EXPANSION ACTIVITIES ON THE EVE OF THE LOUISIANA CESSION (1745-1762) 42
• Chapter III - READJUSTMENTS FOLLOWING THE LOUISIANA CESSION (1762-1788) 102
• II THE SAN XAVIER MISSIONS 135
• Chapter I - THE DAWN OF HISTORY IN CENTRAL TEXAS 137
• Chapter II - TENTATIVE BEGINNINGS OF THE MISSIONS, 1745 149
• Chapter III - THE STRUGGLE BEFORE THE AUTHORITIES 162
• Chapter IV - THE FOUNDING OF THE MISSIONS 185
• Chapter V - THE GARRISON INCREASED: DIFFICULTIES WITH GOVERNOR BARRIO 204
• Chapter VI - MISSION PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS, 1749-1751 219

• Title Page iii
• Preface v
• ERRATA viii
• CONTENTS ix
• I. A GENERAL SURVEY - (1731-1788) xi
• INTRODUCTION - TEXAS, A BUFFER PROVINCE 1
• Chapter I - THE PROVINCE ON TRIAL (1731-1745) 14
• Chapter II - EXPANSION ACTIVITIES ON THE EVE OF THE LOUISIANA CESSION (1745-1762) 42
• Chapter III - READJUSTMENTS FOLLOWING THE LOUISIANA CESSION (1762-1788) 102
• II THE SAN XAVIER MISSIONS 135
• Chapter I - THE DAWN OF HISTORY IN CENTRAL TEXAS 137
• Chapter II - TENTATIVE BEGINNINGS OF THE MISSIONS, 1745 149
• Chapter III - THE STRUGGLE BEFORE THE AUTHORITIES 162
• Chapter IV - THE FOUNDING OF THE MISSIONS 185
• Chapter V - THE GARRISON INCREASED: DIFFICULTIES WITH GOVERNOR BARRIO 204
• Chapter VI - MISSION PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS, 1749-1751 219
• Chapter VII - THE PRESIDIO ESTABLISHED 241
• Chapter VIII - THE QUARREL WITH CAPTAIN RABAGO 251
• Chapter IX - THE REMOVAL TO THE SAN MARCOS AND TO THE GUADALUPE 263
• III. - THE REORGANIZATION OF THE LOWER GULF COAST 279
• Chapter I - THE LOWER GULF COAST BEFORE 1746 281
• Chapter II - THE COLONY OF NUEVO SANTANDER 291
• Chapter III - PLANS FOR A NEW KARANKAWA MISSION 303
• Chapter IV - THE MISSION OF ROSARIO 316
• IV. - SPANISH ACTIVITIES ON THE LOWER TRINITY RIVER, 1746-1771 325
• Chapter I - A NEW DANGER ON THE FRENCH BORDER 327
• Chapter II - THE DEFENSE OF THE BORDER 340
• Chapter III - AN INGLORIOUS COLONY 359
• V - THE REMOVAL FROM AND THE RE­ OCCUPATION OF EASTERN TEXAS, 1773-1779 375
• Chapter I - RUBI'S INSPECTION AND THE NEW "REGLAMENTO" 377
• Chapter II - THE REMOVAL OF THE SETTLERS FROM THE EASTERN FRONTIER 387
• Chapter III - THE ATTEMPT TO SETTLE AT LOS AIS 394
• Chapter IV - THE SETTLEMENT AT PILAR DE BUCARELI, 1774-1779 405
• Chapter V - THE REMOVAL TO NACOGDOCHES 432
• Index 471