enda ' s ▁w ool ▁mill ▁because ▁the ▁own ers ▁wer en ' t ▁willing ▁to ▁change ▁an ▁a pe x ▁their ▁relationship ▁with ▁the ▁n atives . ▁ ▁" Not ▁only ▁the ▁working ▁hours ▁were ▁twelve ▁or ▁more , ▁but ▁also ▁many ▁of ▁them ▁never ▁came ▁out ▁again ▁alive ". ▁ ▁The ▁historian ▁Ram on ▁Gal o ▁also ▁says : ▁ ▁" It ▁was ▁a ▁in exp ug n able ▁territory , ▁imp ass able ▁even ▁to ▁officials ▁of ▁the ▁Crown . ▁The ▁order ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁the ▁mill s ▁causes ▁more ▁fear ▁to ▁ind ians ▁than ▁all ▁rig orous ▁pun ishment ▁the ▁w icked ness ▁they ▁have ▁invent ed ▁against ▁them ". ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Republic ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 0 , ▁the ▁Ha ci enda ▁was ▁purchased ▁by ▁Ad ol fo ▁K ling er , ▁a ▁German ▁citiz en ▁who ▁came ▁to ▁E cuador ▁with ▁the ▁army ▁of ▁Simon ▁Boliv ar ▁under ▁the ▁rank ▁of ▁colon el . ▁He ▁married ▁Valent ina ▁Ser rano , ▁an ▁or phan ▁whose ▁adopt ive ▁family ▁tried ▁to ▁hide ▁her ▁from ▁Ad ol fo ▁as ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁want ▁him ▁to ▁marry ▁their ▁daughter . ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 4 , ▁Adolf ▁died ▁in ▁a ▁revol t ▁caused ▁by ▁unf ounded ▁susp ic ions ▁that ▁he ▁should ▁imp ose ▁on ▁the ▁region ▁of ▁C ay am be ▁a ▁payment ▁of ▁a ▁contribution ▁of ▁ 3 ▁pes os ▁and ▁ 4 ▁real es ▁to ▁every ▁citiz en ▁with ▁the ▁exception ▁of ▁Indians