Antonia Guacana Last Will and Testament, 06/27/1576

Last will and testament of Antonia Guacana, an indigenous woman from modern-day Nicaragua. Of interest due to the possibility of Guacana being alive during the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire by Francisco Pizarro. Also demonstrated by the witnesses who wrote this particular document, the conversion of the local population to Catholicism required the written testimonial of their new identity as subjects of the Spanish Empire: "In the name of the Virgin Mary your mother let you all know that I Antonia Guacana of New Segovia being sick confess that I am a faithful Catholic in death". Witnessed and/or notarized by Antonio de Jesus. 27 June 1576. References to: testimonial; religious conversion; New World Catholicism.