Acequia de Mission San Francisco Xavier de Horcasitas, Milam County, Texas

In June 1745 a group of Indians came to San Antonio de Valero to ask for a mission in their own territory. Father Francisco Xavier Ortiz favored the idea because it would convert a new group of Indians; stop apostates from San Antonio missions from taking refuge with those Indians; and help break Indian commerce with the French. San Francisco Xavier Mission was founded on the south bank of the San Gabriel River in February 1748. It served the Yojuane, Mayeye, Ervipiame, Asinia, Top, and Nabedache groups.

The mission is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the San Xavier Mission Complex Archeological District.

Time period: 1746-1756
Ownership: Private