From Ecuador, Steven, Álvaro, Andrés and Alexis write in Legends of Ecuador about the two versions of the Cantuña Indian Legend, the false one stating how he made a pact with the devil to finish building a cathedral on time, and later managed to avoid selling his soul by managing to keep one brick from being laid and "finishing" the building, and the "true" one that mentions that Cantuña was an native who was adopted by Spanish settlers, and when they were in financial distress, Cantuña promised that if some changes in the floor plan were made, he would solve their problems, and so it happened, there was always money to go around, much of it, and when the priests came asking where this fortune came from, Cantuña told them he had made a pact with the Devil to keep getting money: in truth, he had a gold smelting operation, where he would melt down gold bars and Inca figurines and turn them into coins.
La “verdadera” menciona que Cantuña era un nativo que había sido adoptado por conquistadores españoles, y cuando estaban en problemas financieros, Cantuña prometió que si se hacían cambios en los planos, él resolvería sus problemas. Y así ocurrió, siempre hubo dinero alrededor, mucho dinero, y cuando los sacerdotes vinieron a preguntar de dónde venía esta fortuna, Cantuña les dijo que había hecho un pacto con el diablo para seguir teniendo dinero: en verdad, tenía una operación de fundir oro, donde fundía barras de oro y figuras incas y las convertía en monedas.