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Goal: Convert Native Texans to Christianity

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Taught Native Texans Spanish and Christianity

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Established to protect the missions, civil settlements (villas), and ranchos

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Located on or near rivers for efficient movement of people and goods.

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Provided meat to the missions, presidios, and civil settlements

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Valuable to all settlements and people of Plains Culture.

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Families of soldiers and other settlers lived.

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Native people often joined missions missions for protection from other tribes.