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have been permitted to pasture his stock on the common lands until his family could come. But before he could take steps to have them join him, the whole project was abandoned. Another settler of San Marcos de Neve was Mateo Gomez, who gave his age as 60 and his occupation as farming. He, too, was accompanied by his wife, Maria Josefa, and also a young Indian servant named Maria Rafaela. They had 6 cows, 2 yoke of oxen, and 3 horses, and received a 40 by 60 va1·a lot for a home, and land for cultivation. Pedro Flores brought his wife, Rita de la Garza, and two children, Jose Felipe and Jose Bernardino. He drove 30 head of cattle and 2 oxen, 26 mares, 6 horses, and 12 mules. He was assigned a lot facing on the main square, and a grant of land for a ranch. With his wife, Barbara Musquiz, and his two children, Maria Telesfora and Maria Matiana, Victorino Losoya, a carpenter from Bexar, joined the settlers in San Antonio. He had 6 oxen and 2 horses, and received a lot on the main square, on which he immediately built a house-one of the first in the new villa. Also in San Antonio, the settlers were joined by Salvador Bermudez, a bachelor, whose occupation as herder possibly explains his sole equip- ment, 2 saddle horses. From distant Nacogdoches came Juan Soto, a laborer. At the time the caravan set out, he was living in San Antonio with his wife, Feliciana Rodriguez, a native of Bexar. They had four children: Jose Tomas, Maria Encarnacion, Jose Soto, and Jose Lorenzo. He had Cesario Sanchez help him bring the 2 work horses and 2 yoke of oxen. Soto received a lot on the plaza, where he immediately built a home. The town of Mier gave to the new settlement Juan Ramirez, his wife, Dolores de la Garza, and their three children: Jose Macedonia, Maria Nicolasa, and Maria Salome. They brought 160 head of cattle, 22 horses, 16 mules, and 5 donkeys. Alejandro Pena, Manuel Barcenas, and Jesus Valdes, laborers, came with this family. They were granted a solar on the main square and land for a ranch. Francisco Farias, another cattle- man from Mier, brought his two motherless children, Maria Petra and Jose Ignacio. He, too, was given a solar and land for his stock, 105 head of cattle and 7 horses. The third Mier family consisted of Gil Gomez, his wife, Antonia Garza, and one son, Santiago. They possessed 40 head of cattle, 8 mares, and 4 horses. From San Antonio came Jose Salinas and his wife, Margil Chirina, with their two daughters, Maria Josefa and Maria Francisca. They
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