Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko ia te tohunga o te whare karakia i tona kainga whanau i te timatanga o te Pakanga Independence Spanish i te tau 1808. Whai muri i te tautohetohe ki te ope taua French, rere ia i tona kainga, a ka arahina he rōpū guerilla e kore i hinga. I whakawhiwhia e Kingi Ferdinand VII ki a ia he nohoanga i te pene o te whare karakia o Valencia engari, ko tana momo oranga pakeke kaore i urutau ki tenei momo oranga (i whiua e ia tetahi taangata), ka hoki ki tona kainga. I te wa i angitu ai te hurihanga o te tau 1820 ka hoki mai ia ki te arahi i tetahi roopu guerilla tae noa ki te French absolutist
te whakaekenga o te tau 1823.