. 1630 map of the Portuguese fort and the city of Malacca, Distribution of the main Native-American groups in Texas in the early 1500s. . Precipitation Although the missionaries had been unable to convert the Hasinai tribe of East Texas they did become friendly with the natives the Hasinai were bitter enemies of the Lipan Apache who transferred their enmity to Spain and began raiding San Antonio and other Spanish areas a temporary peace was finally negotiated with the Apache in 1749 and at the request of the Indians a mission was established along the San Saba River northwest of San Antonio the Apaches shunned the mission but the fact that Spaniards now appeared to be friends of the Apache angered the Apache enemies primarily the Comanche Tonkawa and Hasinai tribes who promptly destroyed the mission.
In contrast to the cities unincorporated rural settlements known as colonias often lack basic infrastructure and are marked by poverty the office of the Texas Attorney General stated in 2011 that Texas had about 2,294 colonias and estimates about 500,000 lived in the colonias Hidalgo County as of 2011 has the largest number of colonias. Texas has the largest number of people of all states living in colonias. . . ! .
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