Across
- 1. Spanish fort that protects a mission
- 8. Catholic friar establishing missions in East Texas then escaping to San Antonio
- 11. settlement created by Spain in New World to spread religion and claim land
- 12. community where civilians settled; built near missions and presidios
- 14. representative who ruled Spanish provinces
- 15. Mexican ballad or song
Down
- 2. settlement founded in 1718 with Mission San Antonio de Valero (Alamo)
- 3. founder of the first Spanish mission in East Texas
- 4. settlement in Native territory designed to convert the population to Christianity
- 5. period where Spain brought religion, language, and way of life to Texas
- 6. process of setting up a territory under the control of a distant country
- 7. Spanish colonizer who established several large land grants along the Rio Grande
- 9. large tract of land where Charros worked horses and cattle
- 10. Catholic friar advocating for continued missionary work in Texas
- 13. large estate or plantation with a dwelling house