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monks. According to the official history of the Capuchins, written by Fr. Mateo de Anguiano in 1704, the ground was still wet with fresh blood, and the bodies of the monks were uncorrupted, bleeding from their wounds when they were moved. The bodies were taken to the main church where they lay in
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and drove them to Cocal. Many dived into the sea in preference to being captured. Eighty-four rebels were captured and sixty-one of them were shot. The surviving indigenes were interrogated via torture. Many of the tortured revealed that they were often beaten by the priests for not attending
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at the mission at Arena revolted, killing the priests and desecrating the church. They then ambushed the governor and his party, who were on their way to visit the church. Among those killed in the governor's party was Fr. Juan Mazien de Sotomayor, O.P., missionary priest to the
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In 1885 Dominican Fr. Cothonay claimed to have found the site of the Mission of San Francisco de los Arenales. In addition to physical evidence he cited Amerindian traditions that on
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Documents relating to the massacre of the governor, Don José de Leon y Echales, other officials and missionaries at San Francisco de la Arena, by Indians, on 1st December, 1699
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The rebels hastily buried the bodies of the monks, threw the governor's body into the river and headed for the coast. They were pursued by the Spaniards, who overtook them at
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every year, "remarkable things happened" and some claimed to have heard voices, talking and singing, a priest saying Mass and people praying.
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at the mission of San Fernando de los Arenales, east Trinidad. It resulted in the death of several hundred
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church services. The twenty-two identified as ringleaders were hanged on 14 January 1700 at
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P. J. Buissink; Historical Society of Trinidad and Tobago,
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In April 1701 a party set out to recover the bodies of the
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Arena massacre
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Social unrest in Trinidad and Tobago
St. Joseph Mutiny
Arena Massacre
Canboulay riots
Hosay massacre
Water Riots
Labor unrest of 1934–1939
Black Power Revolution
National Union of Freedom Fighters
Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt
Trinidad
Amerindians
Roman Catholic
mission
Spanish
José de León y Echales
encomienda
Nepuyo
Cuara
Tacarigua
Arouca
Comcal
San José de Oruña
Capuchin
Holy Thursday
Good Friday

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