Preface -- The Spanish mission -- Mission San Antonio de Valero, 1718-1793 -- Mission San Francisco Xavier de Najera, 1722-1726 -- Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, 1720-1824 -- Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisma Concepcion, 1716-1824 -- Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1716-1824 -- Mission San Francisco de la Espada, 1690-1824 -- The missionaries (short sketches of 93 missionaries who served the San Antonio missions) -- Old Cathedral of San Fernando, 1749-1968 -- Appendix: Comparative statistics; Principal Indian tribes; The presidents of the missions. Illustrations: The Alamo or church of Mission San Antonio (Summerville) -- Church of Mission San Jose before restoration -- Mission La Purisima Concepcion -- Mission San Juan Capistrano -- Mission Francisco de la Espada (Summerville).