The Spanish had sent three more expeditions,…

The Spanish had sent three more expeditions, two by sea and one by land, in 1688.

The land expedition, led by Alonso De León, had discovered Jean Gery, who had deserted the French colony and was living in Southern Texas with the Coahuiltecans.

Using Gery as a translator and guide, De León finally finds the French fort in late April 1689.

The fort and the five crude houses surrounding it are in ruins.

Several months before, the Karankawa had attacked the settlement, leaving a great deal of destruction and the bodies of three people, including a woman who had been shot in the back.

A Spanish priest who has accompanied De León conducts funeral services for the three victims.

The chronicler of the expedition, Juan Bautista Chapa, writes that the devastation had been God's punishment for opposing the Pope, as Pope Alexander VI had granted the Indies exclusively to the Spanish.

The remains of the fort are destroyed by the Spanish, who also bury the French cannons left behind.

The Spanish later will build a fort on the same location.