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Spanish expedition enters Texas
On this day in 1707, the Ramón expedition, with thirty-one soldiers and
citizens, 150 horses, and twenty pack mules, left Mission San Juan
Bautista for a trek north of the Rio Grande. Diego Ramón was sent on this
excursion by Coahuila governor Alarcón to punish raiding Indians, to
gather neophytes for the smallpox-ravaged Rio Grande missions, and to
explore the region. After a successful expedition that reached up to the
site of present-day Webb and Dimmit counties, Ramón and his men arrived
back at San Juan Bautista on April 3, 1708.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- RAMON EXPEDITION
- RAMON, DIEGO
- SAN JUAN BAUTISTA
- SPANISH MISSIONS
- ALARCON, MARTIN DE
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