USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Massanet accompanied De León on another expedition to East Texas in 1690. In May of that year Massanet founded the Spanish mission San Francisco de los Tejas, near what is now Augusta, Texas, in order to convert local Indians of the Hasinai (Tejas) confederacy to Christianity.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1690, Father Massanet established the mission San Francisco de los Tejas mission. This mission was the first mission in east Texas and would ignite Spanish colonization in the area.

Detailed explanation-3: -Establishing a mission French colonists settled on the Texas coast in 1685. In response, the Spaniards built Mission San Francisco de los Tejas in a village of Caddo Indians in 1690.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first Spanish mission in East Texas, San Francisco de los Tejas, was begun in May 1690 as a response to the La Salle expedition.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1683, Franciscan priest Damián Massanet left Barcelona to serve as a missionary in the New World. He lived the rest of his life in Mexico, and died in obscurity, but he holds an important place in the history of Spanish settlement in Texas. Massanet spent several years building missions in Mexico.