<P> The party reached the land of the Hasinai people in late June 1716 and was greeted warmly . On July 3, mission San Francisco was reestablished as Mission Nuestro Padre San Francisco de los Tejas for the Neche Indians . Several days later, Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción was established at the main village of the Hainai, the head tribe of the Hasinai Confederacy, along the Angelina River . A third mission, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, was established 15 miles (24 km) east of Purísima Concepción, at the main village of the Nacogdoche tribe, at what is now Nacogdoches . A final mission, San José de los Nazonis, was built among the Nazoni Indians just north of present - day Cushing . A presidio, Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, was built opposite San Francisco de los Tejas . </P> <P> During this period, the area was named "New Philippines" by the missionaries in the twin hopes of gaining royal patronage, and that the Spanish efforts would be as successful as in the Philippines a century and a half earlier . The alternate name persisted in use for about 40 years, but had virtually disappeared from use (in favor of' Texas') by the end of the century . The name however persisted in documents, especially in land grants </P> <P> At the same time, the French were building a fort in Natchitoches to establish a more westward presence . The Spanish countered by founding two more missions just west of Natchitoches, San Miguel de los Adaes and Dolores de los Ais . The missions were located in a disputed area; France claimed the Sabine River to be the western boundary of Louisiana, while Spain claimed the Red River was the eastern boundary of Texas, leaving an overlap of 45 miles (72 km). </P> <P> The new missions were over 400 miles (640 km) from the nearest Spanish settlement, San Juan Bautista . It was difficult to reprovision the missions, and by 1718 the missionaries were in dire straits . Martín de Alarcón, who had been appointed governor of Texas in late 1716, wished to establish a way station between the settlements along the Rio Grande and the new missions in East Texas . The Coahuiltecans had built a thriving community near the headwaters of the San Antonio River, in the area the Spanish had admired in 1707 . Alarcón led a group of 72 people, including 10 families, into Texas on April 9, 1718 . They brought with them 548 horses, 6 droves of mules, and other livestock . On May 1, the group created a temporary mud, brush and straw structure to serve as a mission, San Antonio de Valero, whose chapel was later known as the Alamo . The mission was initially populated with three to five Indians that one of the missionaries had raised since childhood . Alarcon built a presidio, San Antonio de Béxar one mile (1.6 km) north of the mission, . Alarcón also chartered the municipality of Béjar, now San Antonio . Given a status higher than a village (pueblo) but lower than a city (ciudad), San Antonio became the only villa in Texas, and the colonists who settled there relied on farming and ranching to survive . With the new settlement established, Alarcón continued on to the East Texas missions, where he found evidence of much illicit trade with France . </P>

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