document_title: I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK TV series)

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text: I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK TV series)

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text: In return for their appearance on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, the celebrities are asked to nominate a charity to which the producers, ITV Studios, make donations. The celebrities themselves are also paid a fee to compensate them for possible loss of earnings while they are in the jungle. The producers of the show keep the precise details of the celebrities' contracts private, prompting much speculation from the media. The money is raised by allowing viewers to vote by phone, text message, or the "red button" (a colloquialism popular in the UK for TV interactive services) for the celebrity they would like to complete a "Bushtucker Trial" — a physical task usually involving snakes, spiders or other creepy-crawlies found in the jungle — and, later in each series, to vote for the celebrity they would like to see win the show. The last remaining celebrity after all others have been evicted is declared the winner of the show, and is branded "King/Queen of the Jungle".

text: Bushtucker trial

text: Bushtucker trials are used in the show to allow the contestants to gain food and treats for camp. Bushtucker Trials take two formats: eating trials, or physical/mental tasks.

text: In the eating trials, contestants are required to eat a variety of different "jungle" foods. Each dish successfully eaten will gain the contestants one star, which equals one meal for camp (although the number of meals per star can vary). These trials generate the most viewer responses according to the ITV website.[citation needed] The foods that are required to be eaten can include: crickets (in a variety of forms, such as cooked into biscuits, blended into drinks or eaten alive or dead), green ants, mealworms, witchetty grub, roasted spider or tarantulas, kangaroo testicles, kangaroo penis, kangaroo vaginal parts, crocodile penis, cockroach (prepared in various ways such as being cooked into biscuits, blended into drinks, eaten alive or dead). Other past foods include beach worms, bull's tongues, the anus of various animals, vomit fruits, cooked pigs' brains, various animal testicles, raw fish eyes, sheep eyes, blended rats or mice tails.

text: The second type of challenge is more of a physical or mental task that requires the contestants to perform activities to gain stars. These can include searching through dung, going through tunnels, negotiating obstacles on high wires, or performing other tasks.

text: Dingo Dollar Challenge/Dingo Dimes

text: One way of camp can earn treats is by doing extra tasks in Bushtucker trials or in general. Dingo Dimes can be used in the vending machine in Croc Creek. Dingo Dimes only featured in the 2015 series.

text: Another way camp can earn treats is to do what is known as the "Dingo Dollar Challenge". This involves two or more celebrities going into the jungle to perform a task that releases an item to open a container with an amount of dingo dollars. Once that has been completed and the dollars have been retrieved, it is taken to a small woodshack shop, with shopkeeper 'Kiosk Keith'. They can exchange the dollars for a necessity such as a hammock or a treat such as chocolate chip cookies. Kiosk Keith calls camp and the celebrities then have a question usually relating to a celebrity or a piece of trivia. The "Celebrity Chest" was abandoned for the first time in the 2012 series, in favour of the Dingo Dollar Challenge, which involves the celebrities collecting 'dingo dollars' and subsequently answering a question correctly in order to win a treat for the camp, if they win they will receive their prize however if the celebrities get it wrong, Kiosk Keith takes the dingo dollars and shuts up shop, leaving nothing for the camp.

text: Formerly, 'The Celebrity Chest' had a question with a choice of answers, similar to the Dingo Dollar Challenge, the two celebrities who took part in the challenge would bring the chest back to camp and collaborate over the question with the other camp members. If correct, they would win a treat, if incorrect, they would be told what the treat was.

text: In Dingo Dollars if the camp members answer correctly they get a choice of two treats.

text: Filming location

text: The first series of the show was filmed near Cairns, in Queensland, Australia.[2] Since the second series, the programme has been filmed in Springbrook National Park, near Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia.

text: Inside the entrance to the filming location is an open area allocated to buildings which accommodate on-site medical facilities, containers for the storage of props, and other back-stage facilities. Families and friends of the celebrities are housed here each morning during evictions. From this area, a restricted access road climbs to the site of the studios. The road then heads down into a valley via four-wheel drive access to the set of the show.

text: Some of these areas are viewable from Google Earth, although it is difficult to view the suspension bridges and open-air studio that Ant & Dec broadcast from. While the roof of the main building is bright red, when filming is out of season, this whole area is covered with hessian to obscure the aerial view.[clarification needed] The creeks and camp areas are situated directly below the main suspension bridges. As they are so close to the celebrities, the crew have to be careful during filming to keep voices and music down. Many of the Bushtucker Trials are not performed here; in fact, some are performed well away from the area.

text: Once out of the jungle, the contestants stay at the five-star hotel Palazzo Versace Australia.[3] The health and well-being of the celebrities and crew are looked after by medic Bob McCarron and his team from EMS. McCarron is also responsible for all of the creatures and food in the challenges.

text: Popularity and criticism

text: The finals of the second and third UK series were seen by 12.73 and 14.99 million people respectively[citation needed] — in both cases well over half of all people watching television in the country at the time.

text: The site in which the celebrities stay appears to be open to the elements, but is largely covered by sheets above the view of the cameras. In one episode, a celebrity had to swim in a swamp apparently infested with crocodiles. Marksmen were shown ready to shoot the animals if they attacked. In actuality, the area where this was filmed does not have crocodiles because it is too far south.

text: In Series 9 it was revealed that Katie Price was being paid almost four times as much as the other contestants, which sparked some criticism. It was also reported that, as a result, cash-strapped ITV were unable to provide any more money for the series, and that the quality of the trials had gone down.[4]

text: Controversies

text: ITV apologised in 2006 after confusion over the instructions for telephone and red-button interactive voting led to allegations in the media that the wrong person had been evicted in the run-off vote in Series 6 between Toby Anstis and Dean Gaffney.[5]

text: The show was forced to enhance its procedures after Ofcom found that after complaints, on 23 November 2006 episode, the show had breached Rule 1.16 of the Broadcasting Code for airing bad language before the watershed.[6]

text: 30 November 2006 episode was ruled to have breached Rule 2.2 of the Broadcasting Code after an investigation launched as part of the wider UK television public voting controversy. Due to late running, seven percent of phone and text votes for that episode of the show were not counted, although this did not affect the result.[7]

text: Sarah Matravers blamed the show for the breakdown of her relationship with contestant Marc Bannerman after he flirted with Cerys Matthews in Series 7.[8] Matthews and Bannerman later alleged the show footage had been edited by ITV to look like more than it was.[9]

text: Former Sex Pistols manager, Malcolm McLaren, who was due to appear on Series 7 but pulled out at the last minute, alleged that the show and the choice of winner was fixed, and the trials posed no real danger. He alleged that the show doctor told him that "'Things are so safe, I would send my own kids in to do the show'. There is nothing bad in there. They're hoodwinking the public".[10]

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ITV apologised in 2009 for not having properly advised the contestants in Series 9 of the relevant Australian legislation regarding animal cruelty.[11] Gino D'Acampo and Stuart Manning were charged by New South Wales Police after RSPCA Australia complained over their killing and eating of a rat during the show.[12]
In 2012, the decision by Nadine Dorries to enter the show was the source of criticism, which led to her suspension from the Conservative Party due to allegations she did not seek permission from the party whip Andrew Mitchell, resulting in an inquiry by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.[13]

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The fifteenth series saw Ferne McCann eat a live water spider as part of a bushtucker trial. Ofcom reportedly received 694 complaints from the public over allegations of 'animal cruelty for entertainment'. ITV also received a further 500 complaints. In January 2016, it was revealed no further action would be taken.[14][15]
Ant was accused of racism following a joke during the show aimed at the Australian crew, which saw Ant joke that they get "paid in..." following a word that was construed by many viewers as "abos" an offensive term for Aboriginal Australians. A spokesperson later responded, stating that Ant had actually said "Avo's which is short for avocados".[16]
Viewers regularly complained that camp mate Iain Lee was the subject of bullying and isolation from other camp mates during the seventeenth series, and there were concerns raised as to the adverse affect this could have on his mental health. There have been calls for Rebekah Vardy to be cut as a mental health ambassador, due to her alleged role in the 'bullying'. On the ITV show Good Morning Britain the day after her eviction, she defended herself for remarks she made about Iain in Extra Camp, the ITV2 spin-off series stating that she was she "under pressure", and that they were taken out of context. After his eviction from the camp, Dennis Wise also claimed on Good Morning Britain that he and Iain were on friendly terms, and insisted that ITV would not allow bullying on the show. He latter accused of show of 'editing him' to look like a bully. Following his third place eviction, Iain directly addressed his relationship those accused of 'picking on him', stating that he has "loves them" and that there's "no beef between [them]". He also addressed claims that he had a "game plan", stating that he was just being himself.[17][18][19][20][21][22]

text: Series details

text: Winners are crowned King or Queen of their respective year. To date, there have been 10 Kings and 7 Queens of the Jungle.

text: Key:

text:
Series
Start date
End date
Sponsors
Days in camp
Campmates
Honour places
Viewers
(millions)

Winner
Second place
Third place

1
25 August 2002 (2002-08-25)
8 September 2002 (2002-09-08)
N/A
15
8
Tony Blackburn
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson
Christine Hamilton
7.58

2
28 April 2003 (2003-04-28)
12 May 2003 (2003-05-12)
V
10
Phil Tufnell
John Fashanu
Linda Barker
8.55

3
23 January 2004 (2004-01-23)
9 February 2004 (2004-02-09)
First Choice
16
Kerry Katona
Jennie Bond
Peter Andre
11.02

4
21 November 2004 (2004-11-21)
1 December 2004 (2004-12-01)
18
11
Joe Pasquale
Paul Burrell
Fran Cosgrave
8.66

5
20 November 2005 (2005-11-20)
5 December 2005 (2005-12-05)
12
Carol Thatcher
Sheree Murphy
Sid Owen
9.32

6
13 November 2006 (2006-11-13)
1 December 2006 (2006-12-01)
Iceland
19
Matt Willis
Myleene Klass
Jason Donovan
7.96

7
12 November 2007 (2007-11-12)
30 November 2007 (2007-11-30)
20
11
Christopher Biggins
Janice Dickinson
Jason "J" Brown
7.45

8
16 November 2008 (2008-11-16)
5 December 2008 (2008-12-05)
21
12
Joe Swash
Martina Navratilova
George Takei
8.78

9
15 November 2009 (2009-11-15)
4 December 2009 (2009-12-04)
13
Gino D'Acampo
Kim Woodburn
Jimmy White
9.37

10
14 November 2010 (2010-11-14)
4 December 2010 (2010-12-04)
Stacey Solomon
Shaun Ryder
Jenny Eclair
10.37

11
13 November 2011 (2011-11-13)
3 December 2011 (2011-12-03)
Dougie Poynter
Mark Wright
Fatima Whitbread
10.08

12
11 November 2012 (2012-11-11)
1 December 2012 (2012-12-01)
12
Charlie Brooks
Ashley Roberts
David Haye
10.49

13
17 November 2013 (2013-11-17)
8 December 2013 (2013-12-08)
22
Kian Egan
David Emanuel
Lucy Pargeter
11.14

14
16 November 2014 (2014-11-16)
7 December 2014 (2014-12-07)
23
Carl "Foggy" Fogarty
Jake Quickenden
Melanie Sykes
10.26

15
15 November 2015 (2015-11-15)
6 December 2015 (2015-12-06)
Aunt Bessie's
22
13
Vicky Pattison
George Shelley
Ferne McCann
9.86

16
13 November 2016 (2016-11-13)
4 December 2016 (2016-12-04)
12
Scarlett Moffatt
Joel Dommett
Adam Thomas
10.42

17
19 November 2017 (2017-11-19)
10 December 2017 (2017-12-10)
Tombola Arcade
Georgia "Toff" Toffolo
Jamie Lomas
Iain Lee
9.96

text: Sponsors in the Republic of Ireland includes holiday firm MultiTrip.com, online fashion store M and M Direct and more recently car company, Kia.

text: Main series results

text: The first three series of I'm a Celebrity occurred at various different times during the years they were broadcast. From series 4 onwards, the show is broadcast from around mid November until late November/early December.

text: Series 1 (2002)

text: 8 contestants, 25 August – 8 September 2002:

text:
Celebrity
Famous for
Entered
Exited
Finished

Tony Blackburn
BBC Radio 1 disc jockey
Day 1
Day 15
1st

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson
Socialite, model, columnist & television presenter
Day 1
Day 15
2nd

Christine Hamilton
Author & public speaker
Day 1
Day 14
3rd

Nell McAndrew
Glamour model & television presenter
Day 1
Day 13
4th

Rhona Cameron
Comedian
Day 1
Day 12
5th

Darren Day
Actor, singer & television presenter
Day 1
Day 11
6th

Nigel Benn
Former Middleweight champion boxer
Day 1
Day 10
7th

Uri Geller
Magician, television personality & self-proclaimed psychic
Day 1
Day 9
8th

text: Series 2 (2003)

text: 10 contestants, 28 April  – 12 May 2003:

text:
Celebrity
Famous for
Entered
Exited
Finished

Phil Tufnell
Former England left-arm orthodox spin bowler
Day 1
Day 15
1st

John Fashanu
Former England striker & television presenter
Day 1
Day 15
2nd

Linda Barker
Changing Rooms presenter & interior designer
Day 1
Day 15
3rd

Wayne Sleep
Royal Ballet dancer
Day 1
Day 14
4th

Antony Worrall Thompson
Celebrity chef
Day 1
Day 13
5th

Toyah Willcox
Singer-songwriter & actress
Day 1
Day 12
6th

Catalina Guirado
Model & reality television star
Day 1
Day 11
7th

Chris Bisson
Holby City & Prime Suspect actor
Day 1
Day 10
8th

Danniella Westbrook
Former EastEnders actress
Day 1
Day 9
9th

Siân Lloyd
Television weather reporter
Day 1
Day 8
10th

text: Series 3 (2004)

text: 10 contestants, 26 January – 9 February 2004:

text:
Celebrity
Famous for
Entered
Exited
Finished

Kerry Katona
Atomic Kitten singer
Day 1
Day 16
1st

Jennie Bond
BBC royal correspondent
Day 1
Day 16
2nd

Peter Andre
Pop singer
Day 1
Day 16
3rd

Lord Brocket
Television presenter
Day 1
Day 15
4th

Katie Price
Glamour model
Day 1
Day 14
5th

Alex Best
Glamour model
Day 1
Day 13
6th

John Lydon
Sex Pistols band member & presenter
Day 1
Day 11
7th

Neil Ruddock
Former England footballer
Day 1
Day 11
8th

Diane Modahl
Olympic middle distance runner
Day 1
Day 10
9th

Mike Read
Radio DJ & journalist
Day 1
Day 9
10th

text: Series 4 (2004)

text: 11 contestants, 21 November – 6 December 2004:

text:
Celebrity
Famous for
Entered
Exited
Finished

Joe Pasquale
Comedian
Day 1
Day 18
1st

Paul Burrell
Former Royal Household servant
Day 1
Day 18
2nd

Fran Cosgrave
Nightclub manager, television personality & bodyguard
Day 1
Day 18
3rd

Janet Street-Porter
Broadcaster & journalist
Day 1
Day 17
4th

Sophie Anderton
Glamour model
Day 1
Day 15
5th

Antonio Fargas
Starsky & Hutch actor
Day 1
Day 14
6th

Sheila Ferguson
The Three Degrees singer
Day 1
Day 13
7th

Vic Reeves
Vic and Bob comedian
Day 5
Day 12
8th

Nancy Sorrell
Model & television presenter
Day 1
Day 11
9th

Natalie Appleton
Former All Saints singer
Day 1
Day 10
10th

Brian Harvey
East 17 singer
Day 2
Day 7
11th

text: Series 5 (2005)

text: 12 contestants, 20 November – 5 December 2005:

text:
Celebrity
Famous for
Entered
Exited
Finished

Carol Thatcher
Journalist & author
Day 1
Day 18
1st

Sheree Murphy
Emmerdale actress
Day 1
Day 18
2nd

Sid Owen
EastEnders actor & singer
Day 1
Day 18
3rd

Jimmy Osmond
Singer, actor & businessman
Day 1
Day 17
4th

Bobby Ball
Cannon and Ball comedian & actor
Day 6
Day 16
5th

Antony Costa
Former Blue singer
Day 1
Day 15
6th

Jenny Frost
Former Atomic Kitten singer
Day 1
Day 14
7th

David Dickinson
Former Bargain Hunt presenter
Day 1
Day 12
8th

Kimberley Davies
Former Neighbours actress
Day 1
Day 11
9th

Jilly Goolden
Wine critic & journalist
Day 1
Day 11
10th

Tommy Cannon
Cannon and Ball comedian
Day 6
Day 10
11th

Elaine Lordan
Former EastEnders actress
Day 1
Day 1
12th

text: Series 6 (2006)

text: 12 contestants, 13 November – 1 December 2006:

text:
Celebrity
Famous for
Entered
Exited
Finished

Matt Willis

Busted band member
Day 1
Day 19
1st

Myleene Klass

Hear'Say singer
Day 1
Day 19
2nd

Jason Donovan

Stage & screen performer
Day 1
Day 19
3rd

David Gest

Music promoter & television producer
Day 1
Day 18
4th

Dean Gaffney

Former EastEnders actor
Day 5
Day 18
5th

Jan Leeming

Journalist & broadcaster
Day 1
Day 17
6th

Malandra Burrows

Emmerdale actress
Day 6
Day 16
7th

Phina Oruche

Footballer's Wives actress
Day 1
Day 15
8th

Lauren Booth

Broadcaster, journalist & activist
Day 1
Day 14
9th

Faith Brown

Comedian & impressionist
Day 1
Day 13
10th

Scott Henshall

Model & fashion designer
Day 1
Day 12
11th

Toby Anstis

Global Radio presenter
Day 1
Day 11
12th

text: Series 7 (2007)

text: 11 contestants, 12–30 November 2007:

text:
Celebrity
Famous for
Entered
Exited
Finished

Christopher Biggins

Film, television & stage actor
Day 5
Day 20
1st

Janice Dickinson

Supermodel
Day 1
Day 20
2nd

Jason "J" Brown

Former 5ive singer
Day 1
Day 20
3rd

Cerys Matthews

Singer-songwriter
Day 1
Day 19
4th

Gemma Atkinson

Hollyoaks actress & glamour model
Day 1
Day 18
5th

Anna Ryder Richardson

Changing Rooms presenter & interior designer
Day 1
Day 16
6th

Rodney Marsh

Retired England footballer
Day 1
Day 15
7th

John Burton Race

Celebrity chef
Day 1
Day 14
8th

Lynne Franks

Spokeswoman & writer
Day 1
Day 13
9th

Katie Hopkins

The Apprentice contestant
Day 2
Day 12
10th

Marc Bannerman

EastEnders actor
Day 1
Day 11
11th

text: Series 8 (2008)

text: Series 8: Sunday 16 November – 5 December 2008:

text:
Celebrity
Famous for
Entered
Exited
Finished

Joe Swash

EastEnders actor
Day 1
Day 21
1st

Martina Navratilova

Retired professional tennis player
Day 1
Day 21
2nd

George Takei

Former Star Trek actor
Day 1
Day 21
3rd

David Van Day

Former Dollar singer
Day 5
Day 20
4th

Simon Webbe

Blue singer
Day 1
Day 19
5th

Nicola McLean

Glamour model
Day 1
Day 18
6th

Brian Paddick

Liberal Democrat & retired policeman
Day 1
Day 17
7th

Esther Rantzen

Television presenter & charity campaigner
Day 1
Day 16
8th

Timmy Mallett

Children's television presenter
Day 5
Day 15
9th

Carly Zucker

Personal trainer & model
Day 1
Day 14
10th

Dani Behr

Television presenter, model & singer
Day 1
Day 13
11th

Robert Kilroy-Silk

Former Labour Party politician & television presenter
Day 1
Day 12
12th

text: Series 9 (2009)

text: Series 9: 15 November – 4 December 2009

text:
Celebrity
Famous for
Entered
Exited
Finished

Gino D'Acampo

Chef & television presenter
Day 1
Day 21
1st

Kim Woodburn

How Clean Is Your House? presenter
Day 1
Day 21
2nd

Jimmy White

Professional snooker player
Day 1
Day 21
3rd

Justin Ryan

Interior designer & television presenter
Day 1
Day 20
4th

Stuart Manning

Former Hollyoaks actor
Day 1
Day 19
5th

Sabrina Washington

Former Mis-Teeq singer
Day 1
Day 18
6th

George Hamilton

Film actor
Day 1
Day 17
7th

Joe Bugner

Heavyweight boxer
Day 4
Day 16
8th

Samantha Fox

Former model & singer
Day 1
Day 14
9th

Colin McAllister

Interior designer & television presenter
Day 1
Day 11
10th

Lucy Benjamin

Former EastEnders actress
Day 1
Day 10
11th

Katie Price

Businesswoman & television personality
Day 2
Day 9
12th

Camilla Dallerup

Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer
Day 1
Day 4
13th

text: Series 10 (2010)

text: I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! returned on 14 November 2010 at 9pm on ITV and ITV1 HD for its tenth series, as confirmed by presenters Ant and Dec at the end of the "Coming Out" show at the conclusion of series 9. This is the first series in HD. Series 10 is the only series to have 2 live trials.

text: Series 10: 14 November – 4 December 2010

text:
Celebrity
Famous for
Entered
Exited
Finished

Stacey Solomon

The X Factor contestant
Day 1
Day 21
1st

Shaun Ryder

Former Happy Mondays singer
Day 1
Day 21
2nd

Jenny Eclair

Comedian & novelist
Day 4
Day 20
3rd

Dom Joly

Comedian
Day 4
Day 19
4th

Kayla Collins

Playboy model
Day 1
Day 19
5th

Aggro Santos

Rapper
Day 1
Day 18
6th

Linford Christie

Retired Olympic sprinter
Day 1
Day 17
7th

Gillian McKeith

Nutritionist, author & television presenter
Day 1
Day 16
8th

Britt Ekland

Actress
Day 1
Day 15
9th

Alison Hammond

This Morning presenter
Day 6
Day 15
10th

Lembit Öpik

Former Liberal Democratic Party MP
Day 1
Day 13
11th

Sheryl Gascoigne

Author
Day 1
Day 12
12th

Nigel Havers

Coronation Street actor
Day 1
Day 9
13th

text: Series 11 (2011)

text: The eleventh series began on 13 November 2011.[23] The official line-up was confirmed on 9 November 2011.[24]

text: Series 11: 13 November – 3 December 2011

text:
Celebrity
Known for
Entered
Exited
Finished

Dougie Poynter

McFly bassist
Day 1
Day 21
1st

Mark Wright

The Only Way is Essex star
Day 1
Day 21
2nd

Fatima Whitbread

Olympic javelin thrower
Day 1
Day 20
3rd

Antony Cotton

Coronation Street actor
Day 1
Day 20
4th

Willie Carson

Former horse racing jockey
Day 1
Day 19
5th

Crissy Rock

Benidorm actress
Day 1
Day 18
6th

Emily Scott

Swimwear model
Day 5
Day 17
7th

Jessica-Jane Clement

Glamour model, actress & television presenter
Day 1
Day 16
8th

Lorraine Chase

Emmerdale actress
Day 1
Day 15
9th

Pat Sharp

Television & radio broadcaster
Day 3
Day 14
10th

Sinitta

80s pop singer
Day 3
Day 13
11th

Stefanie Powers

Stage & screen actress
Day 1
Day 12
12th

Freddie Starr

Comedian & impressionist
Day 1
Day 3
13th

text: Series 12 (2012)

text: The twelfth series began on 11 November and ended on 1 December 2012.[25] The official line-up was revealed on 7 November 2012.

text: Series 12: 11 November – 1 December 2012

text:
Celebrity
Known for
Entered
Exited
Finished

Charlie Brooks

EastEnders actress
Day 1
Day 21
1st

Ashley Roberts

Former The Pussycat Dolls singer
Day 1
Day 21
2nd

David Haye

Heavyweight boxer
Day 1
Day 20
3rd

Eric Bristow

Professional darts player
Day 1
Day 19
4th

Hugo Taylor

Made in Chelsea star
Day 1
Day 18
5th

Rosemary Shrager

Celebrity chef
Day 5
Day 17
6th

Helen Flanagan

Coronation Street actress & model
Day 1
Day 16
7th

Colin Baker

Former Doctor Who actor
Day 1
Day 15
8th

Linda Robson

Birds of a Feather actress
Day 1
Day 13
9th

Limahl

Kajagoogoo band member
Day 5
Day 12
10th

Nadine Dorries

Conservative Party politician
Day 1
Day 11
11th

Brian Conley

Actor & comedian
Day 1
Day 9
12th

text: Series 13 (2013)

text: The thirteenth series began airing on ITV on 17 November 2013.[26] The first advert for the series aired on 21 October 2013.[27] The line-up was confirmed on 13 November 2013.

text: Series 13: 17 November 2013 – 8 December 2013

text:
Celebrity
Known for
Entered
Exited
Finished

Kian Egan

Former Westlife singer
Day 1
Day 22
1st

David Emanuel

Royal fashion designer
Day 1
Day 22
2nd

Lucy Pargeter

Emmerdale actress
Day 1
Day 21
3rd

Joey Essex

The Only Way is Essex star
Day 1
Day 20
4th

Amy Willerton

Miss Universe Great Britain 2013
Day 1
Day 20
5th

Rebecca Adlington

Former Olympic swimmer
Day 1
Day 19
6th

Alfonso Ribeiro

Sitcom actor
Day 1
Day 19
7th

Steve Davis

Former professional snooker player
Day 1
Day 18
8th

Matthew Wright

The Wright Stuff presenter
Day 1
Day 17
9th

Vincent Simone

Strictly Come Dancing professional
Day 5
Day 17
10th

Laila Morse

EastEnders actress
Day 1
Day 16
11th

Annabel Giles

Television presenter & author
Day 5
Day 15
12th

text: Series 14 (2014)

text: The show returned for its fourteenth series on 16 November 2014.[28][29] On 15 October 2014, a teaser for the upcoming series was released on the official website. On 11 November, the full list of celebrities was confirmed by ITV.[30] On 20 November, a further two campmates were confirmed to have joined the show.[31]

text: Series 14: 16 November 2014 – 7 December 2014

text:
Celebrity
Known for
Entered
Exited
Finished

Carl "Foggy" Fogarty

Retired World Superbike racer
Day 1
Day 23
1st

Jake Quickenden

The X Factor contestant
Day 5
Day 23
2nd

Melanie Sykes

Television presenter & model
Day 1
Day 23
3rd

Edwina Currie

Former Conservative Party politician & author
Day 5
Day 22
4th

Tinchy Stryder

Rapper
Day 1
Day 21
5th

Kendra Wilkinson

Model & reality television star
Day 1
Day 21
6th

Vicki Michelle

Sitcom actress
Day 1
Day 20
7th

Michael Buerk

Newsreader & war journalist
Day 1
Day 19
8th

Nadia Forde

Model, television personality & singer
Day 1
Day 18
9th

Jimmy Bullard

Former Premier League footballer
Day 1
Day 17
10th

Craig Charles

Actor, comedian & presenter
Day 1
Day 4
11th

Gemma Collins

The Only Way is Essex star
Day 1
Day 3
12th

text: Series 15 (2015)

text: The show returned on 15 November 2015 under a new three-year contract, as confirmed by Ant & Dec at the end of the Coming Out show on 10 December 2014.[1]

text: Series 15: 15 November 2015 – 6 December 2015

text:
Celebrity
Known for
Entered
Exited
Finished

Vicky Pattison

Geordie Shore star
Day 3
Day 22
1st

George Shelley

Union J singer
Day 1
Day 22
2nd

Ferne McCann

The Only Way is Essex star
Day 3
Day 22
3rd

Kieron Dyer

Former Premier League footballer
Day 1
Day 21
4th

Jorgie Porter

Hollyoaks actress
Day 1
Day 21
5th

Tony Hadley

Spandau Ballet singer
Day 1
Day 20
6th

Duncan Bannatyne

Former Dragons' Den panelist & entrepreneur
Day 1
Day 19
7th

Lady Colin Campbell

Royal biographer & socialite
Day 1
Day 17
8th

Chris Eubank

Retired professional boxer
Day 1
Day 17
9th

Yvette Fielding

Actress & television presenter
Day 1
Day 16
10th

Brian Friedman

Dancer & The X Factor choreographer
Day 1
Day 15
11th

Susannah Constantine

Fashion journalist
Day 1
Day 13
12th

Spencer Matthews

Made in Chelsea star
Day 3
Day 5
13th

text: Series 16 (2016)

text: The show returned in 2016, and is the second in a three-year contract, as confirmed by Ant & Dec at the end of the Coming Out show on 9 December 2015. It began airing on 13 November 2016.[1]

text: Series 16: 13 November 2016 – 4 December 2016

text:
Celebrity
Known for
Entered
Exited
Finished

Scarlett Moffatt

Gogglebox star
Day 1
Day 22
1st

Joel Dommett

Stand-up comedian
Day 1
Day 22
2nd

Adam Thomas

Emmerdale actor
Day 1
Day 22
3rd

Sam Quek

Olympic hockey player
Day 1
Day 21
4th

Wayne Bridge

Former Premier League footballer
Day 1
Day 20
5th

Martin Roberts

Homes Under the Hammer presenter
Day 5
Day 20
6th

Larry Lamb

Actor
Day 1
Day 19
7th

Carol Vorderman

TV presenter & former Countdown co-host
Day 1
Day 18
8th

Jordan Banjo

Diversity Dance Troupe Member
Day 1
Day 17
9th

Ola Jordan

Former Strictly Come Dancing dancer
Day 1
Day 16
10th

Lisa Snowdon

Fashion model & presenter
Day 1
Day 15
11th

Danny Baker

Radio presenter
Day 5
Day 13
12th

text: Series 17 (2017)

text: The show returned in 2017, and is the third in a three-year contract, as confirmed by Ant & Dec at the end of the Coming Out show on 7 December 2016. It began airing on 19 November 2017.[1]

text: Series 17: 19 November 2017 – 10 December 2017

text:
Celebrity
Known for
Entered
Exited
Finished

Georgia "Toff" Toffolo

Made in Chelsea star
Day 1
Day 22
1st

Jamie Lomas

Hollyoaks actor
Day 1
Day 22
2nd

Iain Lee

Comedian
Day 5
Day 22
3rd

Jennie McAlpine

Coronation Street actress
Day 1
Day 21
4th

Amir Khan

Professional boxer
Day 1
Day 20
5th

Dennis Wise

Former Premier League footballer
Day 1
Day 19
6th

Stanley Johnson

Politician & author
Day 1
Day 18
7th

Vanessa White

The Saturdays singer
Day 1
Day 17
8th

Rebekah "Becky" Vardy

Wife of Jamie Vardy
Day 1
Day 16
9th

Kezia Dugdale

Politician & former Scottish Labour leader
Day 5
Day 15
10th

Shappi Khorsandi

Stand-up comedian
Day 1
Day 13
11th

Jack Maynard

DJ & YouTube personality
Day 1
Day 3
12th

text: Series 18 (2018)

text: The show will return in 2018, as confirmed by Ant & Dec at the end of the Coming Out show on 15 December 2017. It is the first series in a new two-year contract.

text: Series records and statistics

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text:
Biggest winning percentage: 83.42% – Gino D'Acampo (Series 9)
Closest winning percentage: 50.56% – Charlie Brooks (Series 12)
Longest stay in camp: 23 days – Carl "Foggy" Fogarty & Melanie Sykes (Series 14)
Shortest stay in camp: 1 day – Elaine Lordan (Series 5)
Most appearances: 2 series – Katie Price (Series 3 and Series 9)
Most bushtucker trials: 12 trials – Adam Thomas (Series 16)
Most consecutive bushtucker trials: 7 trials – Helen Flanagan (Series 12)
Most refused bushtucker trials: 2 trials – Lady Colin Campbell (Series 15)

text: Series ratings

text:
Series
Start date
End date
No. of shows
Highest rating (millions)
Lowest rating (millions)
Average rating (millions)[32]

1
25 August 2002 (2002-08-25)
8 September 2002 (2002-09-08)
15
10.95
6.14
7.58

2
28 April 2003 (2003-04-28)
12 May 2003 (2003-05-12)
12.73
5.15
8.55

3
26 January 2004 (2004-01-26)
9 February 2004 (2004-02-09)
17
14.99
8.96
11.02

4
21 November 2004 (2004-11-21)
6 December 2004 (2004-12-06)
16
11.43
7.04
8.66

5
20 November 2005 (2005-11-20)
5 December 2005 (2005-12-05)
12.35
7.69
9.32

6
13 November 2006 (2006-11-13)
1 December 2006 (2006-12-01)
17
10.05
6.97
7.96

7
12 November 2007 (2007-11-12)
30 November 2007 (2007-11-30)
19
8.84
5.00
7.45

8
16 November 2008 (2008-11-16)
5 December 2008 (2008-12-05)
20
10.19
7.91
8.78

9
15 November 2009 (2009-11-15)
4 December 2009 (2009-12-04)
19
10.86
7.86
9.37

10
14 November 2010 (2010-11-14)
4 December 2010 (2010-12-04)
13.48
6.68
10.37

11
13 November 2011 (2011-11-13)
3 December 2011 (2011-12-03)
11.10
6.98
10.08

12
11 November 2012 (2012-11-11)
1 December 2012 (2012-12-01)
11.51
8.81
10.49

13
17 November 2013 (2013-11-17)
8 December 2013 (2013-12-08)
20
13.05
9.62
11.14

14
16 November 2014 (2014-11-16)
7 December 2014 (2014-12-07)
11.97
9.21
10.26

15
15 November 2015 (2015-11-15)
6 December 2015 (2015-12-06)
21
11.32
8.88
9.86

16
13 November 2016 (2016-11-13)
4 December 2016 (2016-12-04)
12.66
9.21
10.42

17
19 November 2017 (2017-11-19)
10 December 2017 (2017-12-10)
22
12.69
8.88
9.96

text: Note for "Average rating": Since 2010 incl. HD viewers and since 2011 incl. "ITV +1" consumers.

text: I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp

text:
I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp

Also known as
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW! (2002–2015)

Created by
Granada Television (now part of ITV Studios)

Presented by
See presenters below

Country of origin
United Kingdom

Original language(s)
English

No. of series
17

Production

Location(s)
Australia

Running time
60 minutes (inc. adverts)

Release

Original network
ITV2

Picture format
576i: SDTV (2002–2010)
1080p: HDTV (2011–present)

Original release
27 August 2002 (2002-08-27) – present

Chronology

Related shows
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

External links

Website

text: I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp (previously I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW!) is a companion show, broadcast on ITV2 in the UK and on UTV Ireland in the Republic of Ireland. It features behind-the-scenes footage of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and shows the emotional responses of the contestants after they have been voted off.

text: Series 1 to 4 was filmed completely live in the UK and series 5–8 were filmed mainly live in Australia with a live co-presenter in the UK. Since series 9, the show has been filmed completely live in Australia with occasional celebrity interviews based in London, shown through webcam.

text: History

text: In the first series, the show was presented by Irish TV presenter Louise Loughman. In series 2–3, the show was presented by Mark Durden-Smith and Tara Palmer-Tomkinson. In series 4, Palmer-Tomkinson was absent and Durden-Smith was the only host. For the fifth series, Palmer-Tomkinson returned to present the show. Durden-Smith did not, as he decided to spend time with his children instead. He was replaced by Matt Brown. Palmer-Tomkinson did not return for series 6.

text: In series 6, Brendon Burns initially presented the show, but left after three episodes. This led to Durden-Smith returning for the rest of the series, where he presented from the UK. He was joined by new presenters Kelly Osbourne and Jeff Brazier (briefly Steve Wilson before Brazier took over), who presented from the jungle in Australia.[33] Also this series, a 5pm teatime programme, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Exclusive, ran each weekday on ITV. It was co-hosted by series 5 runner-up Sheree Murphy and Phillip Schofield in 2006. It did not return for a second series.

text: For series 7–8, Matt Willis and his wife Emma took over from the previous hosts, Kelly Osbourne and Jeff Brazier, in Australia. Because they were having a child in early 2009, they did not return to present series 9. Durden-Smith also presented the show, from the UK, for the final time.

text: Series 9 to 10 saw new presenter Caroline Flack take over with roving reporter Joe Swash, email/people reporter Russell Kane, and a panel of celebrity pundits, which changed approximately every three to five days. For series 11, Flack left in order to present another ITV2 show, The Xtra Factor, and was replaced by Laura Whitmore. Swash and Kane both stayed on for the eleventh series.

text: On 16 June 2012, it was announced that Kane would not return to Get Me Out of Here! NOW!.[34] He was replaced by stand-up comic Rob Beckett.[35] All three presenters returned to present the thirteenth and fourteenth series of the show.

text: Due to tour commitments, Beckett did not return for Series 15. He was replaced by comedian David Morgan.[36]

text: On 14 April 2016, Laura Whitmore stated that she would not be returning to the Jungle. On 31 May 2016 during an interview on Up Late with Rylan, Morgan confirmed that he would not be returning to the series due to other work commitments. They were replaced by Vicky Pattison, Stacey Solomon and Chris Ramsey.

text: On 13 April 2017, Pattison and Ramsey both stated on social media that they would not be returning to the show in 2017. It was confirmed that 2016 winner Scarlett Moffatt was announced as a new presenter in September 2017 and will join long-running presenter Joe Swash on the new series.[37] It was also confirmed that Joel Dommett would join the presenting lineup.

text: Presenters

text: Various TV presenters and comedians have hosted the show since it began in 2002, with Joe Swash having presented the most series, at nine.

text:
Series
Year
Presenter(s)
Comedian

1
2002
Louise Loughman
N/A

2
2003
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson
Mark Durden-Smith

3
2004

4
Mark Durden-Smith[fn 1]

5
2005
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson
Matt Brown

6
2006
Kelly Osbourne
Steve Wilson
Jeff Brazier
Brendon Burns

7
2007
Emma Willis
Matt Willis
N/A

8
2008

9
2009
Caroline Flack
Joe Swash
Russell Kane

10
2010

11
2011
Laura Whitmore
Joe Swash

12
2012
Rob Beckett

13
2013

14
2014

15
2015
David Morgan

16
2016
Vicky Pattison
Stacey Solomon
Joe Swash
Chris Ramsey

17
2017
Scarlett Moffatt
Joe Swash
Joel Dommett

text: Notes:

text: Jump up ^ Durden-Smith later returned for Series 6, 7 and 8 as the UK co-presenter of the show.


document_title: Spanish Texas

question_text: what group established the first spanish settlements in texas

question_tokens: what group established the first spanish settlements in texas

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text: Spanish Texas

text: History[edit]

text: Spain had claimed ownership of the territory, which comprised part of the present-day U.S. state of Texas, including the land north of the Medina and Nueces Rivers, but did not attempt to colonize the area until after locating evidence of the failed French colony of Fort Saint Louis in 1689. In 1690, Alonso de León escorted several Catholic missionaries to east Texas, where they established the first mission in Texas. When native tribes resisted the Spanish invasion of their homeland, the missionaries returned to Mexico, abandoning Texas for the next two decades.

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text: The Spanish returned to southeastern Texas in 1716, establishing several missions and a presidio to maintain a buffer between Spanish territory and the French colonial Louisiana district of New France. Two years later in 1718, the first civilian settlement in Texas, San Antonio, was established as a way station between the missions and the next-nearest existing settlement. The new town quickly became a target for raids by the Lipan Apache.

text: The raids continued periodically for almost three decades, until in 1749 when Spanish settlers and the Lipan Apache peoples made peace. But the treaty angered the enemies of the Apache, and resulted in raids on Spanish settlements by the Comanche, Tonkawa, and Hasinai tribes. Fear of Indian attacks and the remoteness of the area from the rest of the Viceroyalty discouraged settlers from moving to Texas. It remained one of the least-populated by immigrants provinces. The threat of attacks did not decrease until 1785, when Spain and the Comanche peoples made a peace agreement. The Comanche tribe later assisted in defeating the Lipan Apache and Karankawa tribes, who had continued to cause difficulties for settlers. An increase in the number of missions in the province allowed for a peaceful Indian reductions of other tribes, and by the end of the 18th century, only a few of the nomadic hunting and gathering tribes in the area had not been converted.

text: France formally relinquished its claim to its region of Texas in 1762, when French Louisiana was ceded to the Spanish Empire. The inclusion of Spanish Louisiana into New Spain meant that Texas was no longer essentially a buffer province. The easternmost Texas settlements were disbanded, with the population relocating to San Antonio. However, in 1799 Spain gave Louisiana back to France, and in 1803 Napoléon Bonaparte (and France) sold the territory, known as the Louisiana Purchase, to the United States. U.S. President Thomas Jefferson insisted that the purchase included all land to the east of the Rocky Mountains and to the north of the Rio Grande,[dubious – discuss] although its large southwestern expanse was within New Spain. The dispute was not resolved until the Adams–Onís Treaty compromise in 1819, when Spain ceded Spanish Florida to the United States in return for recognition of the Sabine River as the eastern boundary of Spanish Texas and western boundary of the Missouri Territory. The U.S. claims on the vast Spanish territories west of the Sabine River into Santa Fe de Nuevo México province (New Mexico).

text: During the Mexican War of Independence from 1810–1821, Texas experienced much turmoil. Governor Manuel María de Salcedo was overthrown by rebels in 1810, but persuaded his jailer to release him and assist him in organizing a counter-coup. Three years later, the Republican Army of the North, consisting primarily of Indians and Americans, again overthrew the Texas government and executed Salcedo. The Spanish response was brutal, and by 1820 fewer than 2000 Hispanic citizens remained in Texas. Spain was forced to relinquish its control of New Spain in 1821, with Texas becoming a province of the newly formed nation of Mexico, leading to the period in Texas history known as Mexican Texas.

text: The Spanish left a deep mark on Texas. Their European livestock caused mesquite to spread inland while farmers tilled and irrigated the land, changing the landscape forever. The Spanish language provided the names for many of the rivers, towns, and counties that currently exist, and Spanish architectural concepts still flourish. Although Texas eventually adopted much of the Anglo-American legal system, many Spanish legal practices were retained, including the concept of a homestead exemption and community property.

text: Location[edit]

text: Spanish Texas (Tejas) was a colonial province within the northeastern mainland region of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. On its southern edge, Tejas was bordered by the province of Coahuila. The boundary between the provinces was set at the line formed by the Medina River and the Nueces River, 100 miles (161 km) northeast of the Rio Grande.[1] On the east, Texas bordered La Louisiane (French Louisiana). Although Spain claimed that the Red River formed the boundary between the two, France insisted that the border was the Sabine River, 45 miles (72 km) to the west.[2] After Mexican independence from Spain, it was within Coahuila y Tejas from 1824 to 1835.

text: Initial colonization attempts[edit]

text: Although Alonso Álvarez de Pineda claimed Texas for Spain in 1519, the area was largely ignored by Spain until the late seventeenth century.[3][Note 1] In 1685, the Spanish learned that France had established a colony in the area between New Spain and Florida. Believing the French colony was a threat to Spanish mines and shipping routes, Spanish King Carlos II's Council of War recommended that "Spain needed swift action 'to remove this thorn which has been thrust into the heart of America. The greater the delay the greater the difficulty of attainment.'"[4] Having no idea where to find the French colony, the Spanish launched ten expeditions—both land and sea—over the next three years. While unable to fulfill their original goal of locating the French settlement, the expeditions did provide Spain a deeper understanding of the geography of the Gulf Coast region. The last expedition, in 1689, discovered a French deserter living in southern Texas with the Coahuiltecans.[5] In April 1689, the Frenchman helped guide the Spanish, under Alonso de León, to Fort Saint Louis, which had been destroyed by Karankawa Indians.[6] De León's expedition also met representatives of the Caddo people, who lived between the Trinity and the Red Rivers. The Caddo expressed interest in learning about Christianity.[7]

text: De León sent a report of his findings to Mexico City, where it "created instant optimism and quickened religious fervor".[8] The Spanish government was convinced that the destruction of the French fort was "proof of God's 'divine aid and favor'".[8] In his report de León recommended that presidios be established along the Rio Grande, the Frio River, and the Guadalupe River and that missions be established among the Hasinai Indians,[9] whom the Spanish called the Tejas,[10] in East Texas. In Castilian Spanish, this was often written as the phonetic equivalent Texas, which became the name of the future province.[11]

text: Missions[edit]

text: The viceroy approved the establishment of a mission but rejected the idea of presidios, primarily because New Spain was chronically short of funds.[9] On March 26, 1690, Alonso de León set out with 110 soldiers and several missionaries. The group stopped first to burn Fort Saint Louis to the ground, and then they proceeded to East Texas.[12] Mission San Francisco de los Tejas was completed near the Hasinai village of Nabedaches in late May, and its first mass was conducted on June 1.[12][13] The missionaries refused to allow the unruly soldiers to remain near the missions, and when de León returned to Mexico later that year, only 3 of his initial 110 soldiers remained to assist the monks.[13] Father Damián Massanet, the priest in charge of the mission, left on June 2 to meet the tribes north of the mission before returning to Mexico to request an additional 14 priests and 7 lay brothers.[12][14]

text: On January 23, 1691, Spain appointed the first governor of Texas, General Domingo Terán de los Ríos. Terán was ordered to help establish seven new missions, including two more among the Tejas Indians, four amongst the Kadohadachos, and one for the tribes near the Guadalupe River. He was only able to recruit 10 friars and 3 lay brothers.[15] His expedition reached the existing mission in August, 1691 and discovered that the priests there had established a second mission, Santísimo Nombre de María, five miles (8.0 km) east of San Francisco de los Tejas. One of the priests had died, leaving two to operate the missions. The Indians regularly stole their cattle and horses and were becoming insolent. With provisions running low, Terán chose not to establish any more missions.[16] When he left Texas later that year, most of the missionaries chose to return with him, leaving only 3 religious people and 9 soldiers at the missions.[17]

text: The group also left a smallpox epidemic.[13] The Indians had no natural immunity to the disease and at first blamed the outbreak on the baptismal waters. After thousands of natives had succumbed, the survivors rose up against the missions.[1] In 1693, the Caddo warned the Franciscan missionaries to leave the area or be killed. The missionaries buried the church bells and burned the mission, then returned to Mexico.[18] Although this first Spanish attempt to settle Texas failed, it provided Spain an increased awareness of the terrain, rivers, and coastline of Texas and convinced the government that "even the most tractable of Indians" could only be converted "by a combination of coercion and persuasion".[19] For the next 20 years, Spain again ignored Texas.[18]

text: Conflict with France[edit]

text: During the early eighteenth century France again provided the impetus for Spain's interest in Texas. In 1699, French forts were established at Biloxi Bay and on the Mississippi River, ending Spain's exclusive control of the Gulf Coast. Although Spain "refused to concede France's right to be in Louisiana" and warned King Louis XIV of France that he could be excommunicated for ignoring the 200-year-old papal edict giving the Americas to Spain, they took no further actions to stop France's encroachment or expand the Spanish presence.[20] The two countries became allies during the War of the Spanish Succession and cooperated in the Americas.[20] Despite their friendship, Spain remained unwilling to allow the French to trade within their territory. On hearing rumors of French incursions into Texas in 1707, the viceroy of New Spain ordered all provincial governors to prevent the entry of foreigners and their goods.[21] To dissuade the Tejas Indians from accepting goods from the French,[21] a contingent of soldiers under Pedro de Aguirre traveled into Texas. His expedition reached only as far as the Colorado River and turned around after learning that the Tejas chief was still unhappy with the Spanish. The group did visit the area around the San Antonio River, and was much impressed with the land and availability of water.[22] They believed the river to be unnamed and called it San Antonio de Padua, not realizing that Terán and Massanet had camped nearby years before on the feast day of Saint Anthony of Padua and had given the river the same name.[23]

text: In 1711, Franciscan missionary Francisco Hidalgo, who had served in the earlier Texas missions, wanted to reestablish missions with the Caddos. The Spanish government was unwilling to provide the funding and troops for the project, so Hidalgo approached the French governor of Louisiana, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac for help.[24] Cadillac was under orders to turn Louisiana into a profitable colony and believed that Spanish settlers closer to Louisiana could provide new trading opportunities.[22] He sent Louis Juchereau de St. Denis, along with brothers Pierre and Robert Talon, who, as children, had been spared at the massacre of Fort Saint Louis, to find Hidalgo and offer assistance.[25] In July 1714, the French delegation reached the Spanish frontier, at that time around the Rio Grande, where Hidalgo was located.[25] Although St. Denis was arrested and questioned, he was ultimately released.[26] The Spanish recognized that the French could become a threat to other Spanish areas, and ordered the reoccupation of Texas as a buffer between French settlements in Louisiana and New Spain.[25]

text: On April 12, 1716, an expedition led by Domingo Ramón left San Juan Bautista for Texas, intending to establish four missions and a presidio which would be guarded by twenty-five soldiers.[26][27] The party of 75 people included 3 children, 7 women, 18 soldiers, and 10 missionaries.[25] These were the first recorded female settlers in Spanish Texas.[27] After marrying a Spanish woman, St. Denis also joined the Spanish expedition.[25]

text: The party reached the land of the Hasinai people in late June 1716 and was greeted warmly.[28] On July 3, mission San Francisco was reestablished as Mission Nuestro Padre San Francisco de los Tejas for the Neche Indians. Several days later, Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción was established at the main village of the Hainai, the head tribe of the Hasinai Confederacy, along the Angelina River. A third mission, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, was established 15 miles (24 km) east of Purísima Concepción, at the main village of the Nacogdoche tribe, at what is now Nacogdoches. A final mission, San José de los Nazonis, was built among the Nazoni Indians just north of present-day Cushing.[28] A presidio, Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, was built opposite San Francisco de los Tejas.[29]

text: During this period, the area was named "New Philippines" by the missionaries in the twin hopes of gaining royal patronage, and that the Spanish efforts would be as successful as in the Philippines a century and a half earlier. The alternate name persisted in use for about 40 years, but had virtually disappeared from use (in favor of 'Texas') by the end of the century. The name however persisted in documents, especially in land grants [30]

text: At the same time, the French were building a fort in Natchitoches to establish a more westward presence. The Spanish countered by founding two more missions just west of Natchitoches, San Miguel de los Adaes and Dolores de los Ais.[10] The missions were located in a disputed area; France claimed the Sabine River to be the western boundary of Louisiana, while Spain claimed the Red River was the eastern boundary of Texas, leaving an overlap of 45 miles (72 km).[2]

text: The new missions were over 400 miles (640 km) from the nearest Spanish settlement, San Juan Bautista.[28] It was difficult to reprovision the missions, and by 1718 the missionaries were in dire straits.[31] Martín de Alarcón, who had been appointed governor of Texas in late 1716, wished to establish a way station between the settlements along the Rio Grande and the new missions in East Texas. The Coahuiltecans had built a thriving community near the headwaters of the San Antonio River,[32] in the area the Spanish had admired in 1707. Alarcón led a group of 72 people, including 10 families, into Texas on April 9, 1718. They brought with them 548 horses, 6 droves of mules, and other livestock. On May 1, the group created a temporary mud, brush and straw structure to serve as a mission, San Antonio de Valero, whose chapel was later known as the Alamo. The mission was initially populated with three to five Indians that one of the missionaries had raised since childhood. Alarcon built a presidio, San Antonio de Béxar one mile (1.6 km) north of the mission,.[33] Alarcón also chartered the municipality of Béjar, now San Antonio. Given a status higher than a village (pueblo) but lower than a city (ciudad), San Antonio became the only villa in Texas, and the colonists who settled there relied on farming and ranching to survive.[32] With the new settlement established, Alarcón continued on to the East Texas missions, where he found evidence of much illicit trade with France.[34]

text: The following year, the War of the Quadruple Alliance broke out, aligning Spain against France, England, the Dutch Republic, and Austria. The war was fought primarily over Italy, but England and France used the war as an excuse to attempt to take over Spanish interests in North America.[35] In June 1719, 7 Frenchmen from Natchitoches took control of Mission San Miguel de los Adaes from its sole defender, who did not know that the countries were at war. The French soldiers explained that 100 additional soldiers were coming, and the Spanish colonists, missionaries, and remaining soldiers abandoned the area and fled to San Antonio.[36]

text: The Marquis of San Miguel de Aguayo volunteered to reconquer Texas and raised an army of 500 soldiers.[37] Aguayo was named the governor of Coahuila and Texas and the responsibilities of his office delayed his trip to Texas by a year, until late 1720.[38] Just before he departed, the fighting in Europe halted, and King Felipe V of Spain ordered them not to invade Louisiana, but instead find a way to retake Eastern Texas without using force.[37] The expedition brought with them over 2,800 horses, 6,400 sheep and many goats; this constituted the first large "cattle" drive in Texas. This greatly increased the number of domesticated animals in Texas and marked the beginning of Spanish ranching in Texas.[39]

text: In July 1721, while approaching the Neches River, Aguayo's expedition met St. Denis, who had returned to the French and was leading a raid on San Antonio. Realizing that he was badly outnumbered, St. Denis agreed to abandon East Texas and return to Louisiana. Aguayo then ordered the building of a new Spanish fort Nuestra Señora del Pilar de los Adaes, located near present-day Robeline, Louisiana, only 12 miles (19 km) from Natchitoches. The new fort became the first capital of Texas, and was guarded by 6 cannon and 100 soldiers.[37] The six East Texas missions were reopened, and Presidio Dolores, now known as Presidio de los Tejas, was moved from the Neches River to a site near mission Purísima Concepción near the Angelina River.[40] The Spaniards then built another fort, Presidio La Bahía del Espíritu Santo, known as La Bahía, on the site of the former French Fort St. Louis.[41] Nearby they established a mission, Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga (also known as La Bahía), for the Coco, Karankawa, and Cujane Indians. Ninety men were left at the garrison.[42] Aguayo returned to Mexico City in 1722 and resigned his governorship.[42] At the beginning of his expedition, Texas had consisted only of San Antonio and about 60 soldiers; at his resignation, the province had grown to consist of 4 presidios, over 250 soldiers, 10 missions, and the small civilian town of San Antonio.[41][42]

text: Settlement difficulties[edit]

text: Shortly after Aguayo returned to Mexico, the new viceroy of New Spain, Juan de Acuña, marqués de Casafuerte, was ordered to cut costs accrued for the defense of the northern part of the territory.[43] Acuña appointed Colonel Pedro de Rivera y Villalón to inspect the entire northern frontier. Beginning in what is now California in November 1724, Rivera spent the next three years inspecting the northern frontier, reaching San Antonio in August 1727. His reports of Los Adaes, Presidio Nuestra Señora de Loreto, and the presidio at San Antonio were favorable, but he was unimpressed with Presidio de los Tejas, whose 25 soldiers were guarding empty missions.[44] The native population had refused to congregate into communities around the missions and refused baptism unless they were on the brink of death. Because the Indians were well-armed, the Franciscans were unable to compel them to join the missions. The frustrated missionaries finally petitioned the Spanish government for 50 soldiers to burn the Indians' houses of worship and force them to build homes near the missions.[45] No troops were forthcoming.[46]

text: Rivera recommended closing Presidio de los Tejas and reducing the number of soldiers at the other presidios. His suggestions were approved in 1729,[47] and 125 troops were removed from Texas, leaving only 144 soldiers divided between Los Adaes, La Bahía, and San Antonio. The three East Texas missions which had depended on Presidio de los Tejas were relocated along the San Antonio River in May 1731, increasing the number of missions in the San Antonio area to five.[48] The San Antonio missions usually contained fewer than 300 Indians. Many of those who lived at the mission had nowhere else to go, and belonged to small tribes that have since become extinct.[49]

text: Spain discouraged manufacturing in its colonies and limited trade to Spanish goods handled by Spanish merchants and carried on Spanish vessels. Most of the ports, including all of those in Texas, were closed to commercial vessels in the hopes of dissuading smugglers. By law, all goods bound for Texas had to be shipped to Veracruz and then transported over the mountains to Mexico City before being sent to Texas. This caused the goods to be very expensive in the Texas settlements.[50] Settlers were often forced to turn to the French for supplies, as the fort at Natchitoches was well-stocked and goods did not have to travel as far. Without many goods to trade, however, the remaining Spanish missionaries and colonists had little to offer the Indians, who remained loyal to the French traders.[51]

text: Apache raids[edit]

text: The tribes traded freely, and soon many had acquired French guns, while others had traded for Spanish horses. Tribes without access to either resource were left at a disadvantage. The Lipan Apache, who had been seasonal farmers, were soon pressed by the Comanche, who had horses, and the Wichita, who had guns.[52] The Apaches were bitter enemies of the Tejas of East Texas and had transferred their enmity to the Spanish as friends of the Tejas.[53] After discovering San Antonio in 1720, the Apache began repeatedly raiding the area to steal livestock, especially horses.[52] An average of 3 Spaniards died each year in Texas as a result of Apache attacks, with approximately 100 animals taken each year. In retaliation, the Spanish launched multiple attacks on the Apaches, capturing horses and mules, hides and other plunder, and taking Apache captives, whom the Spanish used as household servants.[54] By 1731, however, the San Antonio garrison was begging the government for help in negotiating a peace with the tribes.[52]

text: The Spanish government believed that settlers would defend their property, alleviating the need for some of the presidios.[55] Texas was an unappealing prospect for most settlers, however, due to the armed nomadic tribes, high costs, and lack of precious metals.[49] In 1731, the Spanish government resettled 55 people, mostly women and children, from the Canary Islands to San Antonio. At that time, only 300 Hispanic settlers lived in San Antonio, with 200 others dispersed throughout the rest of the colony. The new immigrants began farming and renamed the town San Fernando de Béxar, establishing the first municipal, and only civilian, government in Texas.[56] Juan Leal Goraz, the oldest of the settlers, was appointed the first councilman.[57]

text: As the first settlers of the municipality, the Islanders and their descendants were designated hidalgos.[58] The established settlers resented the Islanders for their new titles and exclusive privileges within the city government.[59] The newcomers did not know how to handle horses, rendering them useless in mounted warfare against the Apaches. Unlike the established settlers, who relied on ranching, the Islanders were primarily farmers, and their refusal to build fences led to many disagreements when livestock trampled the fields.[60] By the early 1740s, however, intermarriage and the need for closer economic ties had helped to alleviate some of the infighting, and the original settlers were given permission to serve as magistrates and council members.[61]

text: The threat of Apache raids led to a constant state of unease in San Antonio, and some families left the area, while others refused to leave the safety of the town to tend their livestock.[59] The problems culminated with a late-night raid on San Antonio by 350 Apache on June 30, 1745, retaliation for a Spanish military campaign several months before. The attackers were repelled with the assistance of 100 Indians from Mission Valero.[61] The Apache also preyed on other tribes, including the Deadose and Tonkawa. In the 1740s, these weaker tribes requested missions along the San Gabriel River in the hopes that the Spanish could protect them from attack.[62] Mission San Francisco Xavier was established at the confluence of the San Gabriel River and Bushy Creek in January 1746 to serve the Deadose, Mayeye, and Coco Indians.[63] In 1748 alone, the Apaches raided the mission four times, killing three soldiers and four of the Indian residents.[64] Many of the resident Indians fled the mission due to the threat of attacks.[65] This did not deter the missionaries, who founded two more missions, San Ildefonso and Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, in the area the following year. Within six months, all of the potential converts at San Ildefonso had left.[66] By 1755, the missions were transferred to a new location on the San Marcos River.[67]

text: Missions for the Apache[edit]

text: A peace was finally declared in August 1749, when a group of Apache chiefs and Spanish officials "symbolically [buried] the trouble between the two parties" by burying weapons in the plaza at San Antonio. The Spanish also promised to provide military assistance to the Apache.[68] The Lipan Apache had asked for missions several times, and in 1757 all property of the former San Gabriel missions, as well as the military garrison which briefly protected them, was transferred to new Mission Santa Cruz de San Sabá along the San Saba River northwest of San Antonio.[52][69] A log stockade was constructed three miles (4.8 km) from the mission, on the other side of the river, so that the soldiers would not corrupt the Indians. The stockade could hold up to 400 including the 237 women and children who accompanied the soldiers.[70]

text: Apaches shunned the mission, and on March 16, 1758, a band of Comanche, Tonkawa, and Hasinai tribes, angry that the Spaniards were assisting their enemies, pillaged and burned the mission, killing eight people.[70] The San Sabá mission was the only Spanish mission in Texas to be completely destroyed by Indians, and it was never rebuilt.[71] Although the Indian force had 2000 members, they chose not to attack the fort.[70]

text: The Spanish government refused to abandon the area completely out of fear that such an action would make them appear weak. While they planned a response, Indians raided the San Saba horse herd, stealing all of the horses and pack mules and killing 20 soldiers.[72] In October 1759, Spain sent the San Sabá commander, Colonel Diego Ortiz Parrilla, on an expedition north to the Red River to avenge the attack. The tribes were forewarned and led Parrilla's army to a fortified Wichita village, surrounded by a stockade and a moat, where natives brandished French guns and waved a French flag. After a skirmish in which 52 Spaniards were killed, wounded, or deserted, the Spanish retreated.[70] The San Sabá presidio was replaced with a limestone fortress and a moat, but the Comanches and their allies remained close and killed any soldiers who ventured out. By 1769, Spain abandoned the fort.[73]

text: In 1762, missionaries established two unauthorized missions south of San Sabá, in the Nueces River valley. For several years the Apache lived in the missions most of the year, but left in winter to hunt buffalo. One of the missions closed in 1763, when the Apache never returned from their hunt.[74] The surviving mission closed in January 1766, after a force of 400 natives from the northern tribes attacked, killing 6 Apaches and taking 25 captives as well as all the livestock in the valley. Forty-one Spanish troops and their small cannon ambushed the northern tribes as they returned to East Texas. Before the Spanish were forced to retreat, over 200 Indians and 12 Spanish soldiers died.[75] After the battle, the Apache refused to return to the mission and returned to raiding near San Antonio. Raids by the northern tribes decreased, however.[76]

text: Peace with France[edit]

text: Indians confirmed in 1746 that French traders periodically arrived by sea to trade with tribes in the lower Trinity River region. Eight years later, the Spanish learned of rumors that the French had opened a trading post at the mouth of the Trinity River. In September 1754, the governor, Jacinto de Barrios y Jáuregui sent soldiers to investigate, and they captured five Frenchmen who had been living at an Indian village.[77] To dissuade the French from returning, Spain built the presidio of San Agustín de Ahumada and the mission of Nuestra Señora de la Luz de Orcoquisac near the mouth of the Trinity at Galveston Bay.[78] Conditions were awful at the new location, and both the presidio and the mission were closed in 1770.[79]

text: The Presidio La Bahía was moved from the Guadalupe River to Goliad on the San Antonio River in 1749. Within five years, a new mission for the Karankawa tribes, Nuestra Señora del Rosario de los Cuhanes, was built upstream of the presidio. This mission survived for many years.[80] Despite the new missions and presidios, Texas was one of the least populated provinces on the northern frontier of New Spain.[81] By 1760, almost 1,200 Hispanic people lived in Texas, with half in San Antonio, 350 at Los Adaes, and 260 at La Bahía. Other Spaniards lived in what is now the El Paso area, but that was considered part of New Mexico and not part of Texas.[82]

text: On November 3, 1762, as part of the Treaty of Fontainebleau, France ceded the portion of Louisiana west of the Mississippi River to Spain. Spain had assisted France against Britain in the Seven Years' War, and lost both Manila and Havana to the British. Although the Louisiana colony was a financial liability, King Carlos III of Spain reluctantly accepted it, as that meant France was finally ceding its claim to Texas.[83] At the Treaty of Paris on February 10, 1763, Great Britain recognized Spain's right to the lands west of the Mississippi. Great Britain received the remainder of France's North American territories, and Spain exchanged some of their holdings in Florida for Havana.[84]

text:
San Antonio de Béxar Population[85][86]

Year
Population

1740
437–560

1762
514–661

1770
860

1777
1,351

1780
1,463

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text: With France no longer a threat to Spain's North American interests, the Spanish monarchy commissioned the Marquis of Rubí to inspect all of the presidios on the northern frontier of New Spain and make recommendations for the future. Rubí's two-year journey, beginning in early 1766, covered seven thousand miles (11,000 km) from the Gulf of California to East Texas. This was the first comprehensive look at the New Spain frontier since the 1720s, when Pedro de Rivera conducted his expedition. Rubí was unimpressed with the presidio at San Saba, which he declared to be the worst in the kingdom of New Spain.[87] He recommended that only the presidios at San Antonio and La Bahía be maintained, and that East Texas be totally abandoned, with all population moving to San Antonio.[88] With Louisiana in Spanish control, there was no need for Los Adaes to reside so closely to Natchitoches, especially after the missions had relocated to San Antonio. In August 1768, the acting governor, Juan María Vicencio, Baron of Ripperdà, moved his headquarters and the garrison to San Antonio, and in 1772 San Antonio became the new Texas capital. Los Adaes was abandoned completely.[89] The new governor also augmented the garrison at San Antonio to protect the town from recurring Indian attacks. A new presidio, Fuerte de Santa Cruz de Cibolo, was also established 40 miles (64 km) southeast of San Antonio to protect farmers and ranchers from attacks.[90]

text: As a result of Rubí's recommendations, Presidio de San Agustín de Ahumada was closed in 1771, leaving the Texas coast unoccupied except for La Bahía. In July 1772, however, the governor of Texas heard rumors that English traders were building a settlement in the area of the Texas coast that had been abandoned.[91] The commander of La Bahía was sent to find the settlement, but saw no sign of other Europeans. His expedition did, however, discover that the San Jacinto River emptied into Galveston Bay and not into the Gulf of Mexico.[92]

text: Founding of Nacogdoches[edit]

text: The 500 Hispanic settlers who had lived near Los Adaes had to resettle in San Antonio in 1773.[93] In the six years between the inspection and the removal of the settlers, the immigrant population of East Texas had increased from 200 Europeans to 500, a mixture of Spanish, French, Indians, and a few blacks. The settlers were given only five days to prepare to relocate to San Antonio. Many of them perished during the three-month trek and others died soon after arriving.[94]

text: After protesting, they were permitted in the following year to return to East Texas, but only as far as the Trinity River, 175 miles (282 km) from Natchitoches. Led by Antonio Gil Y'Barbo, the settlers founded the town of Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Bucareli "where the trail from San Antonio to Los Adaes crossed the Trinity."[93] The settlers helped smuggle contraband goods from Louisiana to San Antonio, and also helped the soldiers with coastal reconnaissance.[95]

text: In May 1776, King Carlos III created a new position, the Comandancia General of the Commandancy General of the Internal Provinces of the North (Provincias Internas ), to control frontier areas across northern New Spain, including Spanish Texas. The first appointee, Teodoro de Croix, served as governor and commander in chief of the area from 1776 until 1783.[96] As de Croix prepared to take office, his predecessor, Baron of Ripperdà, wrote a detailed report, dated April 27, 1777, of the settlements in Texas. One-third of the report detailed the village of Bucareli, which he labeled as "'of the greatest importance as a means of acquiring reports of a coast as extensive as it is uninhabited.'"[97] The Bucareli settlers regularly performed coastal explorations and developed a friendship with the Bidai tribe, who reported any signs of foreigners along the coast.[97] In the summer of 1777, Gil Ybarbo discovered that a group of Englishmen had come from the sea and stayed long enough to plant a crop near the Neches River. He led an expedition to find the Englishmen, but, although they discovered the fields, the expedition did not find any of the settlers.[98]

text: In 1779, the Comanches began raiding the Bucareli area, and the settlers chose to move further east to the old mission of Nacogdoches, where they founded the town of the same name. The new town quickly became a waystation for contraband.[93] The settlers did not have authorization to move, and no troops were assigned to protect the new location until 1795.[85]

text: Conflict with the Native Americans[edit]

text: Karankawa difficulties[edit]

text: In 1776, Native Americans at the Bahia missions told the soldiers that the Karankawas had massacred a group of Europeans who had been shipwrecked near the mouth of the Guadalupe River.[99] After finding the remains of an English commercial frigate, the soldiers warned the Karankawa to refrain from attacking seamen. The soldiers continued to explore the coast, and reported that foreign powers could easily build a small settlement on the barrier islands, which were difficult to access from the mainland, and then ascend the Trinity or San Jacinto Rivers into the heart of Texas. Captain Luis Cazorla, the commander of the La Bahía presidio, recommended that Spain build a small fort on the barrier islands and provide a shallow-draft vessel to continually reconnoiter the coast. The fort would be both a deterrent to the more bloodthirsty tribes and to the English. The Spanish government, fearful of smuggling, declined to give permission for a port or a boat on the Texas coast.[100]

text: De Croix was unimpressed with his new province, complaining that

text: "'A villa without order, two presidios, seven missions, and an errant population of scarcely 4,000 persons of both sexes and all ages that occupies an immense desert country, stretching from the abandoned presidio of Los Adaes to San Antonio, ... does not deserve the name of the Province of Texas ... nor the concern entailed in its preservation.'"[101]

text: Despite his distaste for the area, he increased the number of troops in the interior provinces by 50% and created units of "light troops" which did not carry all of the heavy gear and could fight on foot. His administration also attempted to build alliances with native troops, and planned to work with the Comanche and the Wichita to wipe out the Apache raiders.[102] The plan was shelved when Spain entered the American Revolution as an ally of the French and the American revolutionaries and money and troops were diverted to attacking Florida instead of exterminating the Apaches.[103][104] After soldiers in Coahuila aligned with the Mescaleros against the Lipan Apaches, however, Spain was able to sign a peace treaty with the Lipans. The Comanches were also becoming more brazen, attacking Presidio La Bahía in 1781, where they were repulsed.[103]

text: After hearing that Englishman George Gauld had surveyed Gulf Coast all the way to Galveston Bay in 1777, Bernardo de Gálvez appointed a French engineer, Luis Antonio Andry, to conduct a similar survey for Spain.[105] Andry finished his survey in March 1778, and anchored off Matagorda Bay after running dangerously low on provisions. Over a period of days, the Karankawa lured a few men at a time from the ship with offers of assistance and killed all but one, a Mayan sailor named Tomás de la Cruz.[106] The Karankawa also burned the ship and the newly created map, possibly the first detailed Spanish map of the Texas-Louisiana coast.[107] Several months later, the Native Americans living at Mission Rosario, near La Bahía, escaped to join the Karankawa, and together they began raiding livestock and harassing settlers. The governor pardoned many of the fugitives, and most of them returned to the mission.[106] The Karankawa continued to cause difficulties for the Spanish, and in 1785 the interim commandant-general, Joseph Antonio Rengel, noted that they were unable to explore in the Matagorda Bay region as long as the Karankawa held it.[108]

text: The Spanish again arranged for their coastline to be mapped, and in September 1783, José de Evia left Havana to chart the coastline between Key West and Matagorda Bay.[109] During his journey, Evia gave Galveston Bay its name, in honor of his sponsor, De Gálvez.[110] Evia later mapped the Nuevo Santander coast between Matagorda Bay and Tampico, part of which later belonged to Texas.[111]

text: Peace with the Native Americans[edit]

text: For much of the 1770s, the Comanche had raided in New Mexico.[112] They were driven from New Mexico in 1779 by a broad assault led by New Mexico governor Juan Bautista de Anza and redirected their activities to the weakly defended Texas. During the same time period the Apaches, who had been stockpiling guns received from the Karankawas, returned to raiding settlements in Texas, violating their peace treaty.[113] The Comanche promptly declared war on the Apache.[112]

text: Gálvez became the viceroy of New Spain in 1785 and regained control of the interior provinces.[114] Gálvez ordered that the Native Americans be encouraged to use alcohol, which they could only get through trading, and that the firearms they were traded be poorly made so that they would be awkward to use and easy to break.[115] His policies were never implemented, as Spain did not have the money to provide gifts such as those to the tribes.[116] Instead, the Spanish negotiated a treaty with the Comanche in late 1785.[117] The treaty promised annual gifts to the Comanches, and the peace it brought lasted for the next 30 years.[118] By late 1786, northern and western Texas were secure enough that Pedro Vial and a single companion safely "pioneered a trail from San Antonio to Santa Fe," a distance of 700 miles (1,100 km).[119]

text: The Comanches were willing to fight the enemies of their new friends, and soon attacked the Karankawa. Over the next several years, the Comanches killed many of the Karankawa in the area and drove the others into Mexico.[120] By 1804, very few natives lived on the barrier islands, where the Karankawa had made their home.[121] In January 1790, the Comanche also helped the Spanish fight a large battle against the Mescalero and Lipan Apaches at Soledad Creek west of San Antonio.[122] Over 1,000 Comanche warriors participated in raids against the Apache in 1791 and 1792, and the Apache were forced to scatter into the mountains in Mexico.[123] In 1796, Spanish officials began an attempt to have the Apache and Comanche coexist in peace, and over the next ten years the intertribal fighting declined.[124]

text: In 1791 and 1792, Fray José Francisco Garza befriended some of the Karankawa and other native peoples.[120] Their friendship allowed Garza to explore much of the coastal areas that had been too dangerous to visit.[125] The Native Americans requested that Garza build a mission at the junction of the San Antonio and Guadalupe Rivers,[120] and in February 1793 Mission Nuestra Señora del Refugio opened near Mission Lake at the head of San Antonio Bay. Over 230 Native Americans lived at the mission initially, but within two years they were forced to move to a less flood-prone site,[126] which became known as Refugio.[121] By the end of the eighteenth century, only a small number of the hunting and gathering tribes within Texas had not been Christianized. In 1793, mission San Antonio de Valero was secularized, and the following year the four remaining missions at San Antonio were partially secularized.[127]

text: Comanchería[edit]

text: The Comanches were the dominant group in the Southwest from the 1750s to the 1830s, and the domain they ruled was an empire known as Comanchería. Confronted with Spanish, Mexican, and American outposts on their periphery in New Mexico, Texas, and Coahuila and Nueva Vizcaya in northern Mexico, they worked to increase their own safety, prosperity and power. Their empire collapsed after the Spanish era as their villages were repeatedly decimated by epidemics of smallpox and cholera in the late 1840s; the population plunged from 20,000 to just a few thousand by the 1870s. The Comanches were no longer able to deal with the U.S. Army, which took over control of the region after the Mexican–American War ended in 1848.[128]

text: The Comanches operated as an autonomous power inside the area claimed by Spain but not controlled by it. The Comanches used their military power to obtain supplies and labor from the Mexicans, and Native Americans through thievery, tribute, and kidnappings, and the Spanish could do little to stop them because the Comanches controlled most of the horses in the region and thus had more wealth and mobility.[129] Although powered by violence, the Comanche empire was primarily an economic construction, rooted in an extensive commercial network that facilitated long-distance trade. Dealing with subordinate Native Americans, the Comanche spread their language and culture across the region. In terms of governance, the Comanches created a centralized political system, based on a foraging market economy, and a hierarchical social organization.[130]

text: Conflict with the United States[edit]

text: The Second Treaty of Paris in 1783 ended the American Revolution and established the United States of America.[131] The treaty extended the new country's western boundary to the Mississippi River[132] and within the first year after it was signed 50,000 American settlers crossed the Appalachian Mountains. As it was difficult to return east across the mountains, the settlers began looking toward the Spanish colonies of Louisiana and Texas to find places to sell their crops.[131] Spain closed the mouth of the Mississippi to foreigners from 1784 until 1795 despite Thomas Jefferson's 1790 threat to begin an Anglo-Spanish war over the matter.[133][134] Americans risked arrest to come to Texas, many of them desiring to capture wild mustangs in West Texas and trade with the Indians.[135] In 1791, Philip Nolan became the first Anglo-American known to pursue horse-trading in Texas, and he was arrested several times for being within Spain's borders.[136] The Spanish feared that Nolan was a spy, and in 1801 they sent 150 troops to capture Nolan and his party of 6 men; Nolan was killed during the ensuing battle.[137] By 1810, many Americans were trading guns and ammunition to the Texas Indians, especially the Comanche, in return for livestock. Although some chiefs refused to trade with them and reported their movements to Spanish authorities, other bands welcomed the newcomers.[138][139] A drought made rangeland scarce and stopped the Comanche's herds from increasing. To meet the American demand for livestock, the Comanche turned to raiding the area around San Antonio.[139]

text: The Spanish government believed that security would come with a larger population, but was unable to attract colonists from Spain or from other New World colonies.[140] By the late 18th century, Texas was one of the least populated regions of New Spain, with fewer than two inhabitants per square league.[141] The population was relatively stagnant, having grown only to 3,169 individuals in 1790 from 3,103 in 1777.[142] Over half of the population was classified as Spaniards, with settled Indians making up the next largest category. Blacks, mostly slaves, made up less than 1% of the population in 1777, and only 2.2% of the 1793 census. Over two-thirds of the adults in Texas were married, and single men outnumbered single women, although there was a high percentage of widows.[143] Intermarriage was fairly common, mostly between white men and women of mixed origin. Children from these unions often passed as whites.[144] Illegitimate births increased steadily throughout the century, reaching 20% of all births in 1799.[143] Despite the small population, however, Spain actively discouraged immigration to Texas, and a permanent garrison was placed in Nacogdoches in 1790 to keep foreigners from settling in the area.[145] Immigrants from the United States were allowed to settle in Louisiana and Florida after taking an oath of allegiance, but were not required to convert to Roman Catholicism.[146]

text: In 1799, Spain gave Louisiana back to France in exchange for the promise of a throne in central Italy. Although the agreement was signed on October 1, 1800, it did not go into effect until 1802. The following year, Napoleon sold Louisiana to the United States. Many of the Spaniards who had moved to the colony left for Texas, Florida, or other Spanish-held lands. The original agreement between Spain and France had not explicitly specified the borders of Louisiana, and the descriptions in the documents were ambiguous and contradictory.[147] Even when both territories had been under Spanish control, there was disagreement on where the border should be. In 1793, the King of Spain decided that there was no need to move the boundary from Natchitoches to the Sabine River, as had been recommended by some Frenchmen.[148]

text: The United States insisted that its purchase also included most of West Florida and all of Texas.[147] Thomas Jefferson claimed that Louisiana stretched west to the Rocky Mountains and included the entire watershed of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and their tributaries, and that the southern border was the Rio Grande. Spain maintained that Louisiana extended only as far as Natchitoches, and that it did not include the Illinois Territory.[149]

text: Texas was again considered a buffer province, this time between New Spain and the United States. In 1804, Spain planned to send thousands of colonists to increase the number of residents in Texas (then at 4,000 Hispanic inhabitants). The plan was cancelled as the government did not have the money to relocate the settlers.[150] The responsibility for defending Texas now rested with Nemesio Salcedo, who held the newly reopened position of Commandant General of the Internal Provinces.[150] Salcedo promoted immigration to Texas, and a new town, Trinidad de Salcedo, was founded where the Trinity River intersected the road from San Antonio to Nacogdoches. For a brief time, Salcedo also allowed former Spanish subjects from Louisiana to come to Texas. A few Americans who had become naturalized Spaniards settled in Texas during that time. Salcedo warned, however, that "'the foreigners are not and will not be anything but crows to pick out our eyes.'"[135]

text: King Charles IV of Spain ordered data compiled to determine the true boundary.[151] Before the border was settled, both sides led armed excursions into the disputed areas, and Spain began increasing the number of troops stationed in Texas. By 1806, the number had doubled, with over 883 stationed in and around Nacogdoches.[152] At the end of 1806, local commanders negotiated a temporary agreement in which neither the Spanish nor the Americans would venture into the area between the Sabine River and Arroyo Hondo.[153] This neutral ground quickly became a haven for lawlessness[154] and it did not stop individuals from crossing the boundary.[155] While on a mission for the United States Army to explore some of the disputed areas of the Louisiana Purchase[156] Zebulon Pike was arrested by the Spanish while camping on the Rio Grande and escorted back to Natchitoches. Although his maps and notes were confiscated, Pike was able to recreate most of it from memory. His glowing comments about Texas lands and animals made many Americans yearn to control the territory.[155]

text: End of Spanish period[edit]

text: In May 1808, Napoleon forced King Ferdinand VII to abdicate the Spanish throne. His replacement, Napoleon's elder brother Joseph Bonaparte ( Joseph I), was appointed King of Spain, to violent protests from the Spanish citizens. The uprisings continued for the next six years, until his abdication in 1814 and the return of Ferdinand VII. During the time, there was little oversight of the New World colonies.[157] A shadow government operated out Cádiz during Joseph's reign, operating under the Spanish Constitution of 1812. The constitutional government included representatives from the colonies, including Texas and New Mexico in New Spain. When King Ferdinand VII resumed his throne, he refused to recognize the new constitution or the representative government. He was forced to change his mind in 1820 as the only way to avert a military coup.[158]

text: During this time of turmoil, it was unclear who actually governed the colonies: Joseph I, the shadow government representing Ferdinand VII, the colonial officials, or revolutionaries in each province.[159] The Mexican War of Independence began in 1810 at the instigation of Miguel Hidalgo. Fearing that the revolution would reach colonial Texas, governor Manuel María de Salcedo ordered the Texas borders closed to all foreigners. He was soon reversed by his uncle, the Commandant General.[160] Revolutionaries soon overthrew and imprisoned Salcedo, and a new government was established in Texas. Salcedo persuaded Ignacio Elizondo (his jailer) to return to the royalist cause and the two organized a counter-coup. Hidalgo was captured and executed in 1811.[161]

text: Although officially neutral during the Peninsular War, the United States allowed rebels to trade at American ports[162] and much of the weaponry and ammunition used by the rebels came from the United States. Americans also provided manpower for the conflict, with Natchitoches serving as a launching point for several expeditions into Texas.[163] In 1812, Mexican insurgent Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara led a small force of Americans into Texas.[164] Indians from the eastern part of Texas quickly joined the insurgency.[139] Calling themselves the Republican Army of the North, the group captured San Antonio in 1813, assassinated the governor, Manuel María de Salcedo, and proclaimed Texas independent from Spain.[164] The death of the governor caused many of the Anglo-Americans to desert the cause, but on April 17, 1813, the Gutiérrez–Magee Expedition members composed Texas's first constitution, which provided for a centralized form of government.[165] Spanish forces recaptured the province later that year at the Battle of Medina, and killed 1300 and executed any Tejanos accused of having Republican tendencies.[164] Within 2 weeks almost 400 rebels were executed and their wives and daughters were imprisoned for 2 months. Royalist soldiers even chased many of the women and children who had fled San Antonio, killing 200–300. Captured Americans were given an opportunity to take an oath of loyalty to Spain, and those who refused were escorted back to the United States.[166] Fearing that the Comanche would still constitute a threat, Spanish general Arredondo ordered all ranchers to move temporarily to San Antonio to help defend the city. When they returned to their ranches several months later, they found that the Comanche had slaughtered all of the livestock, leaving most of the carcasses where they fell.[139] The Spanish army looted the rest of Texas too, and by 1820 fewer than 2000 Hispanic citizens remained in Texas.[164] "Spanish Texas, or what remained of it, had become a desolate, unprotected land that could not feed itself."[167]

text: Another revolutionary, José Manuel Herrera, created a government on Galveston Island in September 1816 which he proclaimed part of a Mexican Republic.[168] A group of French exiles in the United States attempted to create their own colony on the Trinity River, known as Le Champ d'Asile. The exiles planned to use the colony as a base to liberate New Spain and then free Napoleon from St. Helena. They abandoned the colony shortly and returned to Galveston.[169]

text: On February 22, 1819, Spain and the United States reached agreement on the Transcontinental Treaty, which ceded Florida to the United States in return for the United States relinquishing its claim on Texas. The official boundary of Texas was set at the Sabine River (the current boundary between Texas and Louisiana), then following the Red and Arkansas Rivers to the 42nd parallel (California's current northern border).[164][170] For the next two years, until early February 1821, Spain delayed ratification of the treaty, using it as leverage to prevent the United States from formally recognizing one of the rebellious Spanish colonies as an independent nation.[171] During this period many Americans spoke out against the treaty and the renunciation of the claim to Texas.[172] An essay in the City of Washington Gazette denounced the treaty, claiming that "'a league'" of the land in Texas was worth more to the United States "'than the whole territory west of the Rocky Mountains'".[173]

text: In 1819, James Long led the Long Expedition to invade Texas. He declared Texas an independent republic, but by the end of the year his rebellion had been quelled by Colonel Ignacio Pérez and his Spanish troops. The following year Long established a new base near Galveston Bay "to free Texas from 'the yoke of Spanish authority. . . the most atrocious despotism that ever disgraced the annals of Europe.'"[172] His basis for a rebellion was soon gone, however.

text: On February 24, 1821, Agustín de Iturbide launched a drive for Mexican Independence. Texas became a part of the newly independent nation without a shot being fired.[172]

text: Legacy[edit]

text: Spanish control of Texas was followed by Mexican control of Texas, and it can be difficult to separate the Spanish and Mexican influences on the future state. The most obvious legacy is that of the language;[174] the state's name comes from the Spanish rendering of an Indian word.[175] Every major river in modern Texas, except the Red River, has a Spanish or Anglicized name, as do 42 of the state's 254 counties and numerous towns also bear Spanish names.[174] Even many of the words that have been incorporated into American English, such as barbecue, canyon, ranch, and plaza, come from Spanish words.[175] An additional obvious legacy is that of Roman Catholicism. At the end of Spain's reign over Texas, virtually all inhabitants practiced the Catholic religion, and it is still practiced in Texas by a large number of people.[176] The Spanish missions built in San Antonio to convert Indians to Catholicism have been restored and are a National Historic Landmark.[177]

text: The landscape of Texas was changed as a result of some Spanish policies. As early as the 1690s, Spaniards brought European livestock, including cattle, horses, and mules, with them on their expeditions throughout the province. Some of the livestock strayed or stayed behind when the Spanish retreated from the territory in 1693, allowing the Indian tribes to begin loosely managing herds of the animals.[178] These herds grazed heavily on the native grasses, allowing mesquite, which was native to the lower Texas coast, to spread inland. Although the introduced livestock were able to adapt to the changing conditions, the buffalo had a more difficult time grazing among the new vegetation, beginning the decline in their numbers.[179] Spanish farmers also introduced tilling and irrigation to the land, further changing the landscape.[180] Spanish architectural concepts were also adopted by those in Texas, including the addition of patios, tile floors and roofs, arched windows and doorways, carved wooden doors, and wrought iron grillwork.[181]

text: Although Texas eventually adopted much of the Anglo-American legal system, many Spanish legal practices were retained. Among these was the Spanish model of keeping certain personal property safe from creditors. Texas implemented the first homestead exemption in the United States in 1839, and its property exemption laws are now the most liberal state in the United States.[182] Furthermore, Spanish law maintained that both husband and wife should share equally in the profits of marriage, and, like many other former Spanish provinces, Texas retained the idea of community property rather than use the Anglo laws in which all property belonged to the husband.[183] Furthermore, Spanish law allowed an independent executor to be named in probate cases who is not required to gain court permission for each act not explicitly listed in the testament. Texas retained this idea, and it has eventually spread to other states, included Arizona, Washington, and Idaho.[183] In other legal matters, Texas kept the Spanish principle of adoption, becoming the first U.S. state to allow adoption.[184]