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Which event was a motive for Spain to first begin to establish missions in East Texas in 1690?

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timber church of San Francisco de los Tejas

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In 1690, one year after Father Massenet set fire to La Salle's doomed Fort St. Louis settlement, he blessed the timber church of San Francisco de los Tejas – the first Spanish mission in east Texas, near present-day Augusta.

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