Maga’Låhi Åhgao was a brave
leader who had been a veteran in previous battles with the Spaniards.
It is written that on May
13, 1672 while involved in peace negotiations, he, along with Maga’Låhi Huråo
and a blind elder, met with several priests and about 27 Spanish soldiers at
the home of one of the priests.
Suddenly, without
provocation, the soldiers attacked the three.
Huråo, whose back was turned, and the elderly blind elder were shot and
killed on the spot, while Chief Åhgao “defended himself for a long time with a
small adze that he carried while withdrawing toward the nearby river where he
escaped.”
Maga’Låhi Åhgao’s ultimate
fate during the CHamoru/Spanish War was never recorded.
Ginen I Lepblu: I Manmañaina-ta,
Geran Chamoru yan Españot: 1668-1695.
Tinige’ as: Eddie L.G. Benavente,
Pinentan as: Siñot Raphael J.N. Unpingco
Inilao as: Siñot Ronald T. Laguaña yan si Señora Janice S.N. Furukawa
Ayudånte para Kulot: Siñot John Taisipic
Ayudånte: Siñot Joey G. Leon Guerrero
Ayudånte: Señora Aleine V. Balasta
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