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Mission Espada (formally Mission San Francisco de la Espada), is the southernmost and oldest mission in the area of what is now San Antonio, Texas. It was a Roman Rite Catholic mission established in 1690 to convert the local Nabedache Indians to Christianity. The Spanish also brought along a smallpox epidemic, which resulted in an estimated 3300 deaths in that area, and also resulted in the native people becoming hostile. The mission was abandoned and reestablished a number of times over the years, but there was little success in converting the Indians. This is the bell tower of the church.
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Mission Espada (formally Mission San Francisco de la Espada), is the southernmost and oldest mission in the area of what is now San Antonio, Texas. It was a Roman Rite Catholic mission established in 1690 to convert the local Nabedache Indians to Christianity. The Spanish also brought along a smallpox epidemic, which resulted in an estimated 3300 deaths in that area, and also resulted in the native people becoming hostile. The mission was abandoned and reestablished a number of times over the years, but there was little success in converting the Indians. This is the bell tower of the church.