Often, after some insult, she either wounds or kills her offender. In the Americas, she constantly runs into trouble.One one point, she is even welcomed by the governor’s secretary in Chile, her brother, Miguel, who does not recognize her. She eventually made her way to the Americas, starting in the Indies, where she became a soldier. She worked in various situations where she encountered uncles and aunts and, once, ever her father, but none of them recognized her. As a man, Catalina had many adventures.She converted her clothes into the style of men and began living life masquerading as a man, taking on a number of aliases over her life, including Francisco de Loyola (from the time she fled the convent to her time as a soldier in Chile), Alonso Díaz Ramírez de Guzmán (a name she adopted in Chile and used until she was discovered to be a woman), and Antonio de Erauso (the name she used until her death). Catalina and her two sisters, Isabel and Maria, were sent to the convent but, only 11 years later when she was about 15, Catalina escaped.Her father was a military commander and his children, including Catalina, were trained in the art of warfare from an early age. Her parents were Captain Miguel de Erauso and D.ª M.ª Pérez de Galarraga y Arce, natives of Donostia. Catalina was born, according to her baptismal records, in 1592, on the Calle de la Trinidad in Donostia-San Sebastián.
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