USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1711, Friar Hidalgo wrote a secret letter to Antoine de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac, the French governor of Louisiana. Hidalgo asked the governor to help him reestablish the missions in east Texas.

Detailed explanation-2: -Frustrated for more than a decade in his efforts to expand missionary activities beyond the Rio Grande, in 1711 Hidalgo dispatched a letter to the French governor of Louisiana. In it he asked for assistance in reestablishing missions in East Texas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Q. Why did Father Francisco Hidalgo ask for help from the French governor of Louisiana? He wanted to rebuild the mission at San Francisco de los Tejas. He hoped to convert a new group of native peoples.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1690, De León and Massanet founded the San Francisco de los Tejas Mission. The following year they began an offshoot, Santísimo Nombre de Maria, a few miles away.

Detailed explanation-5: -Alonso de León and Father Damian Massanet established the first mission in East Texas, called San Francisco de los Tejas. Shortly after, friars started a second mission in East Texas named Santísimo Nombre de María. At first the local Tejas Indians welcomed the Spanish and their missions.