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Excerpt from Combats and Conquests of Immortal Heroes: Sung in Song and Told in Story
Tradition, probably well founded, accredits Alonzo de Leon, kinsman of Ponce, the searcher for that ignis fat-uus the fountain of youth, with having camped in this vicinity in 1670, when on May 15th, he is said to have taken formal possession of the country in the name of the then king of Spain. He is likewise given credit for. The very first mission established and called San Fernando de Tejas. Its organization. Is said to have been effected with great ceremony.
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