At this time they were led by a man named Cantana who had been on occasion to Nueva Vizcaya, New Spain, essentially modern Chihuahua.

Cantana was closely connected with the Jumano of La Junta de los Rios although it is less clear where his people lived at the time.

[7] In 1759 a Yojuane camp was attacked by an expedition of Spaniards and Apaches, with by some accounts a third of the population killed, another third escaping and a third taken as captives.

[9] (See Battle of the Twin Villages) Among these was a boy who was sold to a Spanish soldier who gave the child the name Miguel Perez.

Perez was able to convince the Yojuane such a war was advisable, and they joined with the Tawakonis, Iscanis, and Flechazos in attacking the Apaches.