Texas
Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de los Ais was established ca. 1716 in northeastern Texas by Franciscans from Querétaro and Zacatecas. The Ais people in Spanish Texas were a band of the Caddo.
Also see Deadose and Bidai people.
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