Why was Father Hidalgo able to succeed where Father Damian Massanet failed?

His efforts helped lead to the long Spanish occupation of Texas. he was able to conduct missionary work again among the Hasinai Indians.

Explanation: Francisco Hidalgo, a Spanish priest of the Franciscan order of Roman Catholicism, was a missionary to the American Indians in what are now northern Mexico and East Texas.

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