::Ah, so then Sotelo's book (or at least the edition now available) was published well posthumously. Interesting. In that case, we probably should remove the reference to the time frame entirely: I (or you, I can't remember now) only brought it up because it seemed doubtful he had had any good information at that point, but I guess we were wrong. 
 ::As for "aftermath", here's how it works in my mind: "Hasekura and Sotelo never lived to see the aftermath of their actions" but "Jesus, Hasekura, and DeSaussure never lived to see the aftermaths of their actions." I.e. "aftermaths" pretty much only occurs (for me) if there is no connection between the various actions. BTW, I don't see a babel template on your userpage: what is your native language if not English? 
 ::And last of all: YAY!!!! I can't wait to see your picture(s)!