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With construction begun, Aguayo placed Captain Ramón in charge of the fort and its ninety soldiers and turned his attention to the founding of Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga Mission, which Peña says was “close to the presidio.” The site of this effort to Christianize the Karankawan tribes, however, has not been definitely identified.

Scarcely two years into Ramón’s administration of the presidio, he proved so inept in dealing with the mission subjects that it cost him his life. When the entire Indian population became aroused over what should have been a minor incident in the house of a soldier, the captain ordered all the Indians, including women and children, imprisoned in a small hut. Official reports of the episode claim he planned to remove them a few at a time to be hanged. Some of the Indians tried to escape, and, in the melee that followed, Ramón was stabbed in the breast. He died of the wound eight days later.

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My NOTES……

I have read other historical accounts of his death, where it was attributed to
a arrow at his neck, and he yes died a few days later

That Texas historical website does indeed get it wrong sometimes on the details,
Or at least ONLY states one version, and leaves out other historical documentation