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Tired and demoralized, the Maya were on the brink of defeat when a miracle, albeit contrived, gave them back their self esteem. In the form of a talking cross they received a sign that God was on their side and this gave them the heart to continue fighting. In 1850, José María Barrera, a mestizo from Peto, traced three crosses into the bark of trees. These symbols transmitted a message from God which was imparted to the faithful on October 15, 1850 as a sermon written by Juan de la Cruz. A community called Chan Santa Cruz ("Little Holy Cross") had sprung up around the crosses months before the sermon was read and its inhabitants were called cruzoob ("followers of the cross"). José María Barrera utilized a ventriloquist called Manuel Nahuat to be the mouthpiece of the crosses and tell the Maya what God wanted them to do. A temple with two rooms was built to house the crosses. The congregation gathered in the hall and the Talking Cross was kept in the inner sanctum or "La Gloria."
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