. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . to thecountry of the rebellious Indians, who toleratedtheir presence on condition that they should notbe accompanied by other Spaniards. The sameconditions prevailed after the retirement of thecourtly Don Rodrigo Arias Maldonado. In1675, Fray Juan de Matamoros assembled in thevillage of Cururú, and Conamari, one hundredand twelve Christianized Indians from the tribesof Cabécar, Nucueba, Ciruru, Chicagua, Tariqui,Tarici, Urinama and Urarubó, various of whichinhabited the country between the rivers Tarireand Tilorio, also called the Estrell
. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . to thecountry of the rebellious Indians, who toleratedtheir presence on condition that they should notbe accompanied by other Spaniards. The sameconditions prevailed after the retirement of thecourtly Don Rodrigo Arias Maldonado. In1675, Fray Juan de Matamoros assembled in thevillage of Cururú, and Conamari, one hundredand twelve Christianized Indians from the tribesof Cabécar, Nucueba, Ciruru, Chicagua, Tariqui,Tarici, Urinama and Urarubó, various of whichinhabited the country between the rivers Tarireand Tilorio, also called the Estrella and Chan-guinola;^ but in 1678 the Urinamas revoltedand threatened the village of San Mateo de Chir-ripó, the seat of the head of the Corregimiento ofTierra Adentro and of the Talamanca Don Antonio Pacheco marched againstthem at the head of fifty soldiers and broughtthem again under submission. In this sameyear the Chánguinas of the Tararla River ^^ Ibid.—Yol V, p. 353. The Mosquitos gave to the river Tilorio, or Tararia, the. CONQUEST OF COSTA RICA 371 crossed the Cordillera towards the Pacific andstationed themselves on the road that led toPanama—built by the Adelantado Don GonzaloVázquez de Coronado in 1601—with the objectof waylaying travelers, and it was necessary tosend an expedition against them in order to drivethem back to their own country. From 1689, with the arrival in Costa Rica ofthe Recollets, Fray Melchor López and FrayAntonio Margil, the Talamanca missions enteredtheir apogee. To the last named his brethrenafterwards gave the title of Apostle of Guate-mala^^ because of his admirable works, and inCartago his memory is still cherished with ven-eration and the pious still tell of his resolutely pushed forward into the moun-tains preaching to the Indians along the Tarire,Coén, Ararí, Urén and Terbi, and foundedtwelve hermitages at different points and bap-tized more than seven thousand Indians. Behindthem came also F
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