Arroyo del Cíbolo was doubtless identical with modern Cíbolo Creek, which joins the San Antonio River about half way between San Antonio and Goliad, or old Bahía del Espíritu Santo. According to Governor Ripperdá, the settlement on this arroyo was located “at the crossing of the Texas and the Tuacanes” (Ripperdá to the viceroy, Nov. 25, 1773. Letter No. 52, Vol. 100, Provincias Internas, Archivo General). According to a representation made by the government of the villa of San Feranado to Croix, Jan. 12, 1778 (Los Vecinos, etc., 10) it was about eighteen leagues eastward from San Antonio de Béxar. In 1782 the ranchos here were six in number, with a population of 85. Some twenty-five ranchos had been abandoned (see Bancroft, North Mexican States and Texas, I, 632). For additional information concerning this settlement, see Los Vecinos, etc., passim.
