Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akasiya miitiro yacho kwenguva pfupi ndokupinda muConciliar Seminary yeBuenos Aires muna 1860. Akashanda somufundisi wemauto munguva yeHondo yeParaguayan, uye nokuda kwechimiro chake chechimiro chakasimudzirwa kuva Lieutenant colonel. Canavery aivapo muhondo dzeYatay, Hondo yeTuyutí
Kurwa kweCurupayty uye Kurwa kweLomas Valentinas, kwakaitika musi waDecember 27, 1868. Apedza hondo akawedzerwa kumasoja ayo akatora guta reAsunción. Akanga ari Chaplain wokutanga uyo akashanda muVilla Occidental, achitsiviwa pachinzvimbo naJosé Pablo Lynch y Cabrera.