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GONZALEZ DE SANTA CRUZ, Roque, South American missionary, born in Asuncion, Paraguay, in 1576: murdered in Caaró, Brazil, in 1628. He was born of Spanish parents, entered the Society of Jesus in 1609, and was sent as a missionary to the Guayeurus. He effected numerous conversions, among them that of the cacique and his wife, and in 1611 determined to found a "reduction" or Indian colony on the River Jejuy, an affluent of the Parana, at 24° south latitude. He had already formed several Indians into a community when he was summoned in 1613 to take charge of the reduction of St. Ignatius, near the Parana. He subsequently converted a large body of Indians at Itapua, and, after visiting Asuncion for supplies, founded at the former place an Indian village containing nearly 800 families. In August, 1616, he founded a third colony on the St. Anne river. On 8 December 1623, he laid the foundation of a colony which he called Conception, and which soon had a population of nearly 4,000. In 1626 he founded the colony of St. Nicholas, containing 400 families, and that of St. Francis Xavier, with 1,200, as well as several others. He was murdered by order of a cacique, who feared the missionary was undermining his authority.
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GONZALEZ DE SANTA CRUZ, Roque, South American missionary, born in Asuncion, Paraguay, in 1576: died in Uruguay in 1628. He was born of Spanish parents, entered the Society of Jesus in 1609, and was sent as a missionary to the Guayeurus. He effected numerous conversions, among them that of the cacique and his wife, and in 1611 determined to found a "reduction" or Indian colony on the River Jejuy, an affluent of the Parana, at 24° south latitude. He had already formed several Indians into a community when he was summoned in 1613 to take charge of the reduction of St. Ignatius, near the Parana. He subsequently converted a large body of Indians at Itapua, and, after visiting Asuncion for supplies, founded at the former place an Indian village containing nearly 800 families. In August, 1616, he founded a third colony on the St. Anne river. On 8 December 1623, he laid the foundation of a colony which he called Conception, and which soon had a population of nearly 4,000. In 1626 he founded the colony of St. Nicholas, containing 400 families, and that of St. Francis Xavier, with 1,200, as well as several others. He was murdered by order of a cacique, who feared the missionary was undermining his authority.
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