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27. The Beginning of the Conversion of the Apaches
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52 • Ibegan the conversion of this Apache nation in the northern border area, in the hamlets of their Captain Quinía, well known for being so warlike. I planted the first crosses there, and continuing the process left a padre. After the captain, his wife, and his children had been baptized, the people revolted. They wanted to kill this padre, who was instructing them in the Christian faith. They aimed their arrows at him, but in the end didn’t dare let fly. They fled the little settlement and left the padre by himself. At that point he left them, and they settled down again. This always happens at the start of these conversions. 27. TheBeginningof the Conversionof theApaches ...