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Alonso de León
Alonso de León (c. 1639–1691) was a Spanish soldier and governor of Coahuila who led several expeditions into Texas in search of La Salle's French colony. In 1689 he found the ruins of Fort Saint Louis on Matagorda Bay, and in 1690 he escorted Franciscans to east Texas, where they founded the mission of San Francisco de los Tejas among the Hasinai.
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