[2] In August 16, the Dutch captain, Hendrik van Haus, ordered Jan Blaer to occupy the village of Várzea and to search the houses where the families of the revolutionary leaders from Pernambuco lived and arrest their wives.

[3][4] The mission returned on the same day, with several prisoners, including Isabel de Góis, wife of Antônio Bezerra; Ana Bezerra, mother-in-law of João Fernandes Vieira; and Maria Luisa de Oliveira, wife of Amaro Lopes; they were imprisoned in the "Casa Forte" (English: Strong House).

[5] Once the news were delivered to the Portuguese army, which was in the vicinity of Tejipió, the commanders, João Fernandes Vieira, André Vidal de Negreiros, Henrique Dias and Felipe Camarão, organized their troops and marched to help the women.

They arrived on August 17 after a forced march and a swim across the Capibaribe River at dawn, and only the vanguard could participate at the beginning of the battle.

After being released in Portugal, he returned to Dutch Brazil, where he died in the Battle of Guararapes.