BAUTISTA

BID Number
19267
Death
1620: SINALOA
Occupation
1620: SINALOA (TORO)/CACIQUE, DON, GOBERNADOR
Ethnicity
INDIO, (SINALOA)
Notes
BAPTIZED BY PADRE CRISTOBAL VILLALTA WHEN HE (BAUTISTA) WAS 26 YEARS OLD, AND BECAME VILLALTA'S LOYAL AID. IN 1620, HE WAS MADE GOVERNOR OF TORO BY HURDAIDE. WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN FORGING ALLIANCE BETWEEN SPANISH AND HUITE INDIANS.
Source
DUNNE
Sources
DUNNE: PIONEER, BLACK ROBES ON THE WEST COAST (1940)
Rights
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