New in paperback The San Sabá Papers A Documentary Account of the Founding and Destruction of San Sabá Mission Edited, with an Introduction, by Lesley Byrd Simpson Translated by Paul D. Nathan New Foreword by Robert S. Weddle “A cornerstone of southwestern Americana.”— David Weber, The Spanish Frontier in North America

“The drama of the tragic episode is unfolded with the compelling urgency of first-person narrative as the descriptions of survivors, both military and ecclesiastical, relate the Spanish failure to subdue the Texas frontier.”—Southwestern Historical Quarterly

Originally published in 1959, this volume contains letters, depositions, petitions, and personal statements detailing the massacre of the San Sabá Apache Mission by the Comanches on March 16, 1758. With the destruction of the San Sabá Mission, plans to connect San Antonio to Santa Fe with a chain of missions came to an end. This firsthand material includes the justification for the defeat of the Mission compiled by its reluctant commandant, Colonel Diego Ortiz Parrilla.

LESLEY BYRD SIMPSON was an authority on the history of Mexico and the author of Many Mexicos (1941) and The Encomienda in New Spain (1950). ROBERT S. WEDDLE, a former journalist, is widely considered the most eloquent interpreter of Spanish Texas. He is the author of The San Sabá Mission, Spanish Pivot in Texas (1964).

Published in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies

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The San Sabá Papers
ISBN 0-87074-449-6 paper $15.95s

6 1/4x9 1/2. 192 pp. Map
Southwestern History. Texas History. Military History.

Publication Date: November 1999.

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