Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - Ko ia te tohunga o te whare karakia i tona kainga whanau i te tiimata o te Pakanga o te Motuhake o Spain 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 1820 i hoki mai ia ki te arahi i tetahi roopu guerilla tae noa ki te whakaekenga o te French absolutist
o te tau 1823.