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The mission was founded at the request of jumano Indians.
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To the Tiguas, the mission church is known as San Antonio
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did you know that this mission had a population of seventy families
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Mission San José de los Nazonis was established to serve the Nazonis Indians
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the mission was named for Saint Joseph and the Marqués de San Miguel de Aguayo
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welcomes over 300,000 visitors each year.
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San Francisco Xavier Mission was founded on the south bank of the San Gabriel River in February 1748.
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This mission became the southernmost of the New Mexico chain of missions along El Camino Real from Mexico City to Santa Fe.
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The mission was intended to teach European values and Christianity to the Indians as well as the industries of agriculture and cattle raising.
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San Lorenzo was built for Lipan Apaches in hopes of pacifying their attacks along the northern frontier and as a way of maintaining Spanish control in the face of threats by the French.
