USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -This location proved unsuitable, because of troubles with the Karankawa Indians and in 1726 it was abandoned and the fort relocated inland (some twenty-six miles) along the Guadalupe River near the site of Mission Valley (northwest of present day Victoria, in Victoria County) and near the Aranama Indians.

Detailed explanation-2: -The general purpose of the missions was to “reduce” or congregate the often nomadic tribes into a settlement, convert them to Christianity, and teach them crafts and agricultural techniques.

Detailed explanation-3: -Denis, worked with a Spanish missionary, Father Hidalgo, to help build more missions among the Caddo Indians in East Texas. They established six missions and a presidio.

Detailed explanation-4: -One of the goals of the Spanish missions was to protect Texas from French settlement. The Spanish built most of their missions in eastern Texas. The easternmost Los Adaes was established in the present-day town of Robeline, Louisiana, placing it near the French settlement of Natchitoches.