TX History Ch 6.2
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Transcript of TX History Ch 6.2
Chapter 6: The Spanish Missions
Section 2: The French Challenge
La Salle’s Expedition
•Spain no longer the only European power in North America
•French & British had a presence
La Salle’s Expedition
•1682: Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle expanded the French Empire
La Salle’s Expedition
• Claimed all land drained by the Mississippi River for France
La Salle’s Expedition
•La Salle returns to France
•Asks for permission to establish a colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River
La Salle’s Expedition
•King Louis of France supported the La Salle expedition
•Plan to build a settlement had to be kept a secret from the Spanish who would be angered at a French site so near Texas
La Salle’s Expedition
• Summer 1684: La Salle leaves France with four ships and 300 solders and settlers
• Troubles along the way
• February 1685: missed the mouth of the Mississippi and lands at Matagorda Bay
Fort St. Louis
•Fort St. Louis—settlement built by members of the La Salle Expedition
•Settlement consisted of several simple houses and a five room fort; eight cannons placed around walls for protection
Cannons excavated at site of Fort St. Louis
Fort St. Louis
• La Salle leads and expedition westward towards the Rio Grande
• Gone from October 1685 to March 1686
• Colony falls into crisis
Fort St. Louis
•Hunger and disease kill colonists
•Attacks by Karankawa Indians
• July 1685: Over ½ of the colonists are dead
Fort St. Louis
•La Salle returns to find desperate conditions
•La Salle leads 17 men toward Canada for help
Fort St. Louis
•Headed east towards the Mississippi River
•Journey through wilderness was difficult
Fort St. Louis
•La Salle killed by his own men
•6 men make it to Canada
Fort St. Louis
•Fewer than 30 people left at Fort St. Louis
•Late 1688/Early 1689: Karankawa Indians attack and destroy the fort
•All adults were killed; five children were taken captive
Fort St. Louis
•France’s claim to Louisiana was made possible by La Salle’s exploration of the Mississippi
The Spanish Search for La Salle
•Spanish send expeditions to search for Fort St. Louis
•Will find colony abandoned
•Encounter Hasinai Indians
Fort St. Louis
•Tejas—name the Spanish used for the Hasinai Indians
•Hasinai word for friend
Spanish Missions in Texas
•Spain worries French might gain control if there is no Spanish settlement
•San Francisco de los Tejas—mission built by the Spanish in East Texas that ended in failure
Spanish Missions in Texas
•Domingo Teran de los Rios—first Spanish governor of Texas
•Disputes
•Droughts/Floods
•Indians uncooperative