Maga’Låhi
Guåfak was a great leader from the mountains of Guåhan [possibly above the
present-day villages of Ma’ina, Asan and Piti.]
Guåfak
held the same opinion with other leaders regarding the Spaniards and their
overzealous determination to control the CHamoru people and their homeland. Guåfak was determined to defend his village.
On
June 23, 1671, a Spaniard Captain Jose de Peralta was killed in a battle. The Spaniards became incensed and Captain
Juan de Santa Cruz led his troops to the mountains in search for the
accused.
They
met up with Maga’Låhi Guåfak and his people, and a battle ensued. Then, halfway through the exchange, a
Spaniard took aim of the Chief and shot and killed him.
The
killing of Guåfak angered many CHamorus, according to Francisco S.J. Garcia,
who wrote, “The result of the affair was that 2,000 natives of Hagåtña and
other nearby settlements joined to oppose the Spaniards.”
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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