Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-18


in these regions, for the purpose OF
making it a part Of New Spain.
This great convoy Of colonists,
soldiers, wagons, stock, loaded don
keys, etc, departed from Queretarc
Gn.d unequiy0cal demonstrations OF
sympathy and enthusiasm.
En- route the company touched a
number of towns in the province:
OF Guanajua,o, San Luis Y Charcas,
at while. places nine additional fam
lilies were added to assist in the work.
A number of subalterns, Captains
and Li1ut.nants, accompanied him,
but Bla. Maria de Ia Cara ralcon
was the Il afterwards most known
in this locali Y, he being a son OF
Jose Salvador de lie 1arza the origin
al grantee of the Espiritu Santo tract
upon which the City of Brownsville
is now located.
During the month Of January l74y,
EscandOn founded, among others, The
villages Of Guemez, about tewnty
miles east Of Victoria, Mexico, and
Padilla about one hundred and fifty
miles southwest of Matamoros, (the
place where Iturbide was afterwards
executed PGdilla is named after Ma
ria dc Padilla, the wife of the Count
OF Revillagigedo.
In the month Of February Of the
same year, 1749, Escandon founded
the City Of Santanedr, now known
as Jimenez, l25 miles south Of Mat
amorO., which he declared to be the
capital of the new province giving
ut the name Of Nueva Santander.
Du. lg the month of March 1749
G founded on the Rio Grande what
are now known as the villages Of
Carmargo and Reinosa. Santander
was named after a Spanish port of
the same name, from which Escan-
don emanated. Carmargo was found
ed on March 5th, 1749, and placed
in charge of Bias Maria de la Cara
Falcon. Reinosa, which was founded
on the 18th day CT March, was plac-
cd in charge OF Captain Carlos Can
tn, who was the Chief Justice and
b came one of the richest land own
ers Of the frontier.
During he year Of 1850, Escan-
don, who had gone back to QueretarO
returned to this province bringing
many more colonists and herds OF
cattle. During the same year Escan-
don founded the village Of Soto la
Marina, ia miles south Of Mata-
morOs, and coloniZed it with families
from QueretarO. During the month of
October, 1850. he founded the village
Of Revilla, near the Rio Grande 10Y
called Guerrero. about $50 miles
northwest of Brownsville.
During the year of 1852 were
founded the villages of Santillana,
now called Abasola, LA miles south
Of Matamoros on the Sofa La Marina
river, Mier 1870 miles northwest of
Matamoros, opposite Roma, Texas,
was founded in 1853; and Laredo,
Texas, was founded in 1853; and
Laredo. Texas, on May 18th, 1855.
Escandon founded twenty towns,
fifteen Indian missions with more
than 1000 Christian converts and
more than $500 Spaniards. During
the year Of 176S, Attorney Jose Os-
orio V Llamas visited ,hese places
and made the surveys and subdi-
sions Of the different lands which
the King had decided to give to the
colonists. These grants are what are
today known as Acts of the Gen
eral Visi a" and are authentic and
uncomfortable.
On the night Of November 14th,
1879. a beautiful Aurora Boreales
was seen in this country and it caus-
ed great fear among both the Whites
and the Indians.
This province Of New Santander
was embraced in The juridiction of
the San Lunis PotOsi intendencia in
1856.
During the year Of 1892 the col
onists suffered freqeunt ivasions
from the Apaches. Comanches. Mes
caleros and Kickapocs, especially
along the border Of the Rio Grande.
At the end Of the 18th century
there were $4,000 inhabitants in the
province of New Santander which
province began at TampiCo and fol-
lowed the coast as far as Corpus
Christi. thence north westardly cross
ing the Meina river, thence south
wardly slightly west of Laredo. and
thence along the eastern range of