"[4] Local populations believed that the Virgin Mary had miraculously appeared to a young, married, indigenous woman, María de la Candelaria, outside the community of Cancuc.
[6] The local priest, Father Simón García Lara doubted the miracle and had the indigenous who believed in it whipped.
[7] Since the people of Cancuc wished the cult to be recognized and had not found that approval by the local priest, they sought out the bishop and sent a delegation to Ciudad Real.
The Spanish women were forced to dress in indigenous attire and perform manual labor, such as grinding corn.
“The defeat of the revolt was so thorough that it left the province devastated and in deeper poverty.”[11] The Spanish executed nearly a hundred participants and those who escaped were relentlessly pursued over years.