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Caste War letter from Captain Sebastian Tus and Captain Isidoro Tus to Jose Gregorio Gala, Antonio Garsia, and Jose N. Baeza : Cancunul, Yucatán, [1849 Nov. 26].

[1849 Nov. 26].

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Autograph letter written at Cancunul, Yucatán. A complaint, telling what the Yucatecan troops are doing to the Indians. The three addressees are identified as a commission, and Gala is identified as "fray."
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Gala, Jose Gregorio
Garsia, Antonio
Baeza, Jose Nicholas
Language
Mayan languages
Subject
Mayas—Wars—Mexico—Yucatán (State).
Maya language—Texts
Yucatán (Mexico : State)—History—Caste War, 1847-1855
Indigenous Studies
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