“The villa of San Antonio will remain as our most advanced frontier in the province of Texas. It is necessary to keep this villa in a respectable state of defense until its security can be affirmed by a growth of its population and by those settlements that spring up in its vicinity owing to this same protection.”- Marques de Rubi, report on Texas What does the above excerpt indicate about Spanish settlements in Texas?

A-The Spanish did not provide any protection for the missions which is why they all failed.

B-The Native Americans destroyed every mission in Texas and we have no proof that they ever existed.

C-This is no evidence of Spanish settlements that exist in Texas today.

D-This was an important settlement for the Spanish because of its central location