He immediately organized the early settlers who later mingled with his men at Punta Bulakawe, a plateau just 330 meters north of the Poblacion (town proper).

The Provincial Governor of Capiz commissioned Ariola to facilitate transportation of families recruited from Antique and Aklan.

[5] It was in 1857 when Don Juan Silverio granted Francisco Ariola permission together with 50 families to go in a boat southeastwards from Barrio Sumagbong Cogon, Nabas, Capiz (Aklan) to the unfamiliar lands in the eastern portions of Panay Island.

The settlement was named BADIANG, which means "wild giant gabi variety" because of the abundance of this plant in the vicinity of the new site.

[6] After making a settlement, Francisco Ariola quickly appointed an exploration team to survey the new land further south.

After being gone for quite some time, the folks in the settlement began to worry so a search party was formed to bring them back.

The accounts of Vicente Navales made some of the folks decide to make a sister-settlement in Maya.

The governor denied the petition on the ground that Barrio Badiang was only newly created and was not yet capable of becoming a pueblo.

The writings of Douglas Malunda tell about a treasure that the settlers of Ariola stored in one wooden chest to make it easier to protect from thieves from both land and sea.

It was said such chest of silver, gold and pearls was buried in a dried well somewhere in Balasan with only a large tree to mark its location.