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| | The Founders of Santa Barbara: Who They Were and Whence They Came |
 | | The other group was the 37 officers and soldiers and their families who accompanied Rivera and brought the livestock - 931 head of horses and mules. |
 | | They were: Teniente Jose Francisco Ortega, Sargento Pablo Antonio Cota, Sargento Ignacio Olivera, Cabo Jose Maria Ortega, son of the Lieutenant, Cabo Alejandro Sotomayor, and soldiers Luis Lugo, Ignacio Olivera, Ignacio Maria Ortega son of the lieutenant, Luis Pena, Martin Reyes, Alejo Ruiz, and Francisco Maria Ruiz. |
 | | Ten soldiers were recruited at Real de los Alamos, and many of them were born there: Anastacio Maria Feliz, Juan Ignacio Martinez, Juan Andres Montiel, Victorino Patino, Vicente Quijada, Joaquin Rodriguez, Loreto Salazar, Jose Maria Samaniego, Eugenio Valdez (born at Villa del Fuerte, Sinaloa), Ignacio Rodriguez, and the expelled poblador, Luis Quintero was recruited there. |
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