 Finally, the Isleños access to water surrounding the villages was accepted and, ironically, they became the owners of this water, preventing access to it to the Spanish Franciscans.Travieso claimed to be the owner of a ranch on the banks of Cibolo Creek, the so-called Rancho de las Mulas.However, the claim was rejected by the Quereteran friars at Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña Mission.