 Father Fray Hierro, who had joined Escandon at Padilla and was a missionary from the college of Zacatecas, kept a diary which provides many interesting details concerning the establishment of the first settlements of the Lower Rio Grande Valley.Fourteen settlements were established in a six months period.The settlers of this town were, as is evident from the captain's registry, generally Spaniards; they came in with some major and minor livestock