| A | B |
|---|
| Corpus Christi de la Ysleta | first permanent European settlement in Texas |
| Father Damian Massanet | established the first mission in East Texas |
| Angelina | guide and interpreter for Alonso de Leon |
| San Francisco de los Tejas | name of the first mission in East Texas |
| Father Francisco Hidalgo | asked the French governor to help re-open missions for the Tejas |
| presidio | Spanish military fort |
| Alonso de Leon | governor sent to destroy La Salle's fort in Texas |
| Louis De ST. Denis | Frenchman appointed to negotiate with Spanish official on the Rio Grande |
| Marques de Aguayo | ordered to retake East Texas from the French in 1721 |
| Natchitoches | trading post built by St. Denis |
| Canary Islands | original home of some of the oldest families in San Antonio |
| Los Adaes | first capital of Texas |
| La Bahia | Spanish settlement near present-day Goliad |
| La Brigadiera | name Spanish troops gave Maria Perez Cassiano |
| Arroyo Hondo | unofficial boundary between the Spanish and French territories in Texas |
| Alamo | mission chapel at Mission San Antonio de Valero |
| mestizo | people of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage |
| alcalde | chief official of a Spanish town |
| ayuntamiento | a city council elected by landowners |
| Tejanos | people of Mexican heritage who consider Texas their home |
