"He died at San Antonio on November 2, 1779, having never fully recovered from being unhorsed, and the proposed general alliance with the Comanches and Norte�os was never realized."
I cannot help but think that this "alliance" was to keep the Brits out of the area. The Spanish had been scared schidtless of the English worming their way into their territory since the 1740's. Hench their support of the American Revolution. Oh yeah, BTW,,,, George Rogers Clark's men were well outfitted by the Spanish from supplies at St. Luis (That's St. Louis Missouri) when they went up against the Brit garrisons at Kaskaskia and Vincennes......
