▁for ▁bapt izing ▁the ▁Chief ' s ▁baby ▁girl ▁without ▁the ▁Chief ' s ▁consent . ▁This ▁was ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 6 7 2 . ▁Many ▁Cham or ros ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁believed ▁bapt isms ▁killed ▁b ab ies : ▁because ▁pri ests ▁would ▁bapt ize ▁inf ants ▁already ▁near ▁death ▁( in ▁the ▁belief ▁that ▁this ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁way ▁to ▁save ▁such ▁children ' s ▁sou ls ), ▁bapt ism ▁seemed ▁to ▁many ▁Cham or ros ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁cause ▁of ▁death . ▁San ▁V itor es ▁carried ▁out ▁his ▁mission ▁in ▁a ▁peace ful ▁manner , ▁pre aching ▁Christian ity ▁and ▁moral ▁values ▁to ▁the ▁ind igen ous ▁population . ▁So ▁when ▁San ▁V itor es ▁was ▁assass in ated ▁by ▁M ata ' p ang , ▁the ▁Spanish ▁forces ▁attempted ▁to ▁capture ▁the ▁guilty . ▁This ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁batt les ▁in ▁which ▁many ▁Spanish ▁and ▁Cham or ros ▁died . ▁M ata ' p ang ▁himself ▁was ▁killed ▁in ▁a ▁final ▁battle ▁on ▁the ▁Island ▁of ▁R ota ▁in ▁ 1 6 8 0 . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁Spanish ▁administration ▁of ▁Gu am , ▁lower ▁birth ▁rates ▁and ▁dise ases ▁reduced ▁the ▁population ▁from ▁ 1 2 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁roughly ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁by ▁ 1 7 4 1 . ▁After ▁ 1 6 9 5 , ▁Cham or ros ▁settled ▁in ▁five ▁villages : ▁H ag å t ña , ▁Ag at , ▁Um ata