Across
- 4. Catholic leader and teacher
- 5. French explorer that led an expedition to claim land along the Mississippi River
- 8. Maps the Texas coast in 1519
- 11. Founded first Spanish mission in east Texas
- 12. Conquers the Aztec Empire
- 15. Lands in San Salvador while attempting to find a westward route to Asia
- 16. Travels to find Cibola (1 of 7 golden cities)
Down
- 1. The Spanish temporarily abandoned East Texas following this 1719 war
- 2. Country that inspires Spain to regain interest in Texas
- 3. Spanish military outpost/fort
- 6. People of mixed Spanish and Native American Heritage
- 7. Spaniard who asks French to help settle a mission in East Texas
- 9. Denomination of christianity followed by Spanish
- 10. Crash land in Texas and is met by the Karankawa
- 13. Leader of an expedition after the 1719 war, re-occupies East Texas
- 14. Religious settlement