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The principal tribes of indians subdued by the earlier Missionaries were the Tehas, Tejas or Texas indians (I am informed that two or three of them still exist), the Xeranames, and the adars or adaices, the last named about Eastern Texas. At the Mission of Concepcion a few Apaches were occasionally brought.

 There was formerly a town called Adacs so called after the Indians of that name near Natichetoghes & at one time the residence of the Spanish Governor of "la Provincia de los Texas" or province of the Texas indians.
 A few years since, Isor?any? a Comanche chief explained the origin of the name texas as applied to this country as follows: that the indians who inhabited this country on the arrival of some Spaniards on being asked this name of it, the indians replied "Tehas" which means "happy hunting ground" & that they would be the f riends of the spaniards.