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78 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 Xerames, and the Adaes or Adaices, the last named about Eastern Texas. At the Mission of Concepcion a few Apaches were occasionally brought.

 There was formerly a [crossed out:  Spanish] town called Adaes so called after the Indians of that name near Natchitoches & 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, Isowacany 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 the name of it, the indians replied "Tehas" which means "happy hunting ground" & that they would be the friends of the Spaniards.
 The indians when got into the Missions were comparatively pacific, sometimes they would try to escape to their sector, and to make them cultivate the lands about the Missions oftimes coercion was necessary They sometimes rebelled against their spiritual