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two in most perfect state of preservation are the Mission of San Jose, a cliuicli on tlie San 

 Antonio river, a few miles below the town of that name, a sketch of which is here given, and 

 the Mission of San Xavier, on the Santa Cruz river, in the newly acquired territory, the view 



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Mission of San Jose, near San Antonio^ Texas. 



of which, I regret to say, has been lost. Most of the buildings at these stations, however, were 

 erected of perishable materials, adobe walls, and thatched roofs. As soon as the thatches were 

 destroyed, the \valls were washed down nearly to their bases by the rains. The Indians were 

 required to cultivate the soil, and their families were domiciled in the immediate vicinity of the 

 station. The most active and intelligent warriors were incorporated into the ranks of the 



The downfall of this magnificent cordon of military and ecclesiastical establishments, and the 

 return of the Indians to a savage life tenfold more ferocious than ever, is directly traceable to 



two causes. 



First the revolution, where both the Monarchists and Republicans courted the 

 co-operation of the Indians, and thus^ invited them to insubordination. Second, and more 

 prominently, the attempts at amalgamation, by intermarriage of the whites and Indians. 

 This last cause, which is now operating so banefully over the whole of Spanish America, I do 



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grade march of the population of that entire region. 



Wherever 



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from the afeenoe of the women of the cleaner colored race. The white mates h,s allmnce wUh 

 his darker partner for no other purpose than to satisfy a law of nature, or to acqu.re property, 



and when that is aecomplished all affection ceases. Faithless to his vows, he passes *-^""^ 



object to object with no other impulse than the gratification arising from novelty, ending at last 



in emasculation and disease, leaving no progeny at all ; or if any, a very inferior and syphilitic 



Such are the favors extended to the white man by the lower and darker colored races, 



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