Traditional Muzzleloading Association
The Center of Camp => People of the Times => Topic started by: Craig Tx on May 11, 2026, 09:06:38 AM
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On this day in 1752, in a notorious example of bad civil-military relations, carpenter Juan Ceballos and Father Juan Jose de Ganzabal were murdered at Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria Mission, near the site of modern Rockdale, Texas.
Suspicion fell on the post commander, Felipe de Rabago y Teran. Assigned to establish a presidio to protect several nearby missions in March of 1750, Rabago fell out with the Franciscans over where to build the fort. He further alienated the padres by chasing after both Indian and Hispanic women, and by carrying on an affair with the carpenter's wife. After spending eight years in prison awaiting trial for the double murder, Rabago was exonerated of all charges in 1760.