Before their arrival, Ofu (royal government) gave a command to each area not to obey the Okinawa Prefectural Government, and in Miyako-jima Island, the former officials including Nakamura, Bechin YOHANA and 亀川恵備 made a covenant following this command.
これより前、王府から沖縄県庁に対する不服従の指令を各地に発しており、ここ宮古島でも、仲村、与那覇親雲上、亀川恵備ら旧吏を中心に盟約を作り上げた。