USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -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-5: -Without the knowledge of Spanish officials, Father Hidalgo wrote a letter to the French gov-ernor in Louisiana, asking that the French estab-lish a mission among the Tejas. The French governor listened to Hidalgo’s proposal because it offered an opportunity to open trade. The French governor appointed Louis de St.