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Event ID: 3548 Book: AGI, Guadalajara 419, 3m-55 Page Number: 6-7
Event: Burial Event Date: 12/02/1751 Event Place: Suamca
Notes: "At the Mission of Santa María Suamca at two o’clock in the afternoon on the second day of December, 1751, I, the said Don Juan Antonio Menocal, by virtue of the preceding declaration, and finding myself as I do in a state of open war, engaged in my duties for the Royal Service and the public good, and for this purpose, in pursuit and punishment of the rebels, it is my duty to order, and I do order, that the person of Pedro de la Cruz, alias Chihuahua, having demonstrated and confessed that he is the second cause and a prime mover in the present uprising, as shown in his declaration, be punished by being shot as an act of war, and that his body be displayed in a place that will serve as a warning to the other rebels. This I ordered and signed on the said day, month, and year – Juan Antonio Menocal" Sentence passed by Juan Antonio Menocal, Captain of Fronteras, Santa María Suamca, December 2, 1751 (AGI, Guadalajara 419, 3m-55, pages 6-7) "The body was left where it was shot for another day and then by order of the Captain it was taken to the place called San Antonio, about a league from the village. There the body was hung on the Camino Real where it has remained until the present." Francisco Xavier Padilla, San Ignacio, February 3, 1752 (AGI, Guadalajara 419, 3m-55, 41)
 
Event Relationship [3 Records]

Personal ID: 195 Given Name: Pedro de la Cruz Surname: Chiguagua Relationship: Deceased
 
Personal ID: 542 Given Name: José Surname: Garrucho Relationship: Priest hearing confession
 
Personal ID: 9239 Given Name: Juan Antonio Surname: Menocal Relationship: Commanding Officer
 
 
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