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Soldados de cuera and Indian auxiliaries, 1720. The soldados de cuera (English, "leather-jacket soldier") [1] served in the frontier garrisons of northern New Spain, the Presidios, from the late 16th to the early 19th century. [2] They were mounted and were an exclusive corps in the Spanish Empire. They took their name from the multi-layered ...
Juan Francisco Reyes (1749–1809), soldado de cuera ("leather-jacketed soldier") on the 1769 Portola expedition, alcalde (municipal magistrate) of the Pueblo de Los Angeles for three terms, and recipient of the Spanish land grant for Rancho Los Encinos and later Lompoc.
Like all frontier presidios in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, Santa Cruz de Terrenate was garrisoned by soldados de cuera. The presidio was never completed to specifications due to the attacks of the Apache, administrative greed, corruption and poor morale. The failure of the presidio was due to numerous problems like the lack of crops, raids on ...
Fort San Juan de Ulúa, the Spanish fortress in Veracruz. In sharp contrast to New France's militarization , but also in contrast to the experience of the Thirteen Colonies during the French and Indian Wars , the military in New Spain played an insignificant role during the 17th century.
In modern times, the Presidio serves as a significant tourist attraction, museum and an active archaeological site as part of El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park. [ 3 ] The park contains an original adobe structure called El Cuartel, which is the second oldest surviving building in California; [ 4 ] only the chapel at Mission San ...
Soldado de cuera: Spanish light horsemen also known as the "leather-jacket soldiers" that served in the frontier garrisons of northern New Spain, the Presidios, from the late 16th to the early 19th century. They were armed primarily with a carbine, pistols, bow, lance, sword, and dagger.
The garrison consisted of the commander, Captain Francisco Tovar and fifty-six soldados de cuera ("leather jackets"). Artillery had not yet arrived at the isolated post, which was still under construction at the time of battle. The fighting men were armed with pistols, muskets, bows, swords, adargas (leather shields), and lances.
The garrison consisted of approximately 90 soldados de cuera with another 30 soldados stationed at Mission San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz on the upper Nueces River. An inspection report by Marqués de Rubí in 1767 indicated the soldiers were ill-equipped and had but 100 mounts available for service. Rubí and his engineer Nicolas de Lafora ...