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Freshwater flows from a rock near Achugas Point.  This is about half way between Sehya (Sella) Bay and Fakpi (Facpi) Point.  Some say the rock looks like a reclining priest dressed in a robe.  Water flows from a depression in the center of this rock.

According to legend, once in the time of the Spaniards, a taotaomo'na got tired of the priest trespassing along his shore.  The taotaomo'na attacked and killed the priest. 

Another version states that a well-liked holy priest taught Chamorus about Christ. This angered some men.  At night they tried to kill him, but he escaped. The angry men chased him to the edge of a cliff.  The priest had a choice to jump or be killed. He jumped over the cliff just south of Hate' (Cetti or Jati) Bay.  The angry men could not hide their crime.  At low tide between Hate' Bay and Fouha Bay you can see the huge coffin shaped rock. Fresh water still comes out of the center of the rock.

These legends are rooted in historical fact.  Chamorus from Hate' (Cetti) village killed Pale' Francisco Ezquerra.  In this February 2, 1674 incident six Filipino members of the mission also died.

Pale' Francisco arrived in Guahan in 1671.  He served in Luta (Rota) and built a church in Malesso' (Merizo).  Pale' Francisco had a special devotion for San Dimas.  San Dimas is the patron saint of Malesso'. After Pale' Diego Luis San Vitores' death Pale' Francisco became Superior of the mission.  He sent priests to the Philippines to get Pampango soldiers to guard the mission in the Mariana Islands.  On January 30, 1674, Father Francisco accompanied Captain Damian de Esplana while his men burned Sydia village at Sehya Bay. Three days later Pale' Francisco Ezquerra died near Hate'.

Muta' was one of the men who killed the priest.  In 1680, Muta' made war against the villages who sided with the Spanish.  The Spanish and their Chamoru allies tracked down the men involved in the killing of Ezquerra.

They captured some of them alive. They presented the others' heads to Captain Esplana.

Pale' Tomas de Cardenoso recovered the robe of Pale' Francisco Ezquerra. The Spanish revered it as a relic of the illustrious martyr.  Chamorus wounded Esplana's horse with a spear in the neck.  Other Chamorus friendly to the mission carried the wounded horse to safety.  Esplana placed Ezquerra's robe on his wounded horse and prayed for its recovery.  His prayers were answered.  The mission's only horse recovered.  The horse was able to walk back to Hagatna the next day.