However, some, including both military and civilian personnel, managed to escape, hiding in the town of Muaná, in the island of Marajó.

[1][2][3] On May 28, the refugees in Muaná joined forces with the local landowner José Pedro de Azevêdo, who, leading a group of 200 men, proclaimed Brazil's independence in the name of Dom Pedro I,[1] they then captured the village.

[3] In response to this movement, Major Francisco José Ribeiro was sent to Muaná.

After a four-hour fight, he managed to suppress the revolt and arrest many of its participants, including Pedro de Azevêdo.

The prisoners were taken to the Public Jail, who displayed palmatorias (wooden paddles) and whips in the windows as symbols of repression.