April 13 - Texas History

This is today in Texas history.

On this day, April 13th and 1709, an expedition reached the site of what is now the city of San

Antonio and named the nearby Springs San Pedro Springs.

Two Franciscan fathers escorted by 15 Mexican soldiers had hoped to befriend the Tejas

Indians on what is now the Colorado River.

The expedition reached the Colorado on May the 19th, but discovered that the home of

the Tejas was still three days journey away, because the soldiers' orders did not authorize

them to proceed farther, and because they learned that the Tejas were not well disposed

toward the Spanish, the expedition then returned to the Rio Grande.

I bet you didn't know that.

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