The 1716 Domingo Ramon expedition

Domingo Ramon's 1716 expedition into Texas: on Foik's translation.
Southwest Journal of Linguistics, June, 2004 by Cunningham, Debbie S.

ABSTRACT. The 1716 Domingo Ramon expedition resulted in the temporary occupation of East Texas from 1716 to 1719 with six missions and a presidio. This expedition represented Spain's commitment to the permanent occupation of the Province of the Tejas Indians. In addition to the original diary kept by Ramon, there are two extant copies of this diary and one translation (Foik 1999). Although Foik (1999:129) doesn't specify which manuscript he uses as his source, this essay shows that his translation is based on the least reliable copy. Inconsistencies between Foik's translation and ...