salavarrieta

Updated: May 8, 2025

At Bogoth, in particular, the new Spanish viceroy installed by Morillo waged a savage war on all suspected of aiding the patriot cause. He did not spare even women, and one of his victims was a young heroine, Policarpa Salavarrieta by name.

William R. (William Robert) Shepherd - Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors