On his return from Spain, Alvarado landed at Puerto de Caballos, April 4, 1539, and reached the city of Guatemala Sept. 16th of the same year.
"On account of his lineage," Ruma ru chinamital; the expression is not clear.
173. "Prince of the city," Ahauh pa tinamit; see Sec. 168. Cahi Imox and others had returned to settle in Iximche, and their actions had become suspicious.
173. Francisco de Alvarado was either the uncle or cousin of Don Pedro.
The Adelantado died July 5, 1541, from an injury received while attacking the stronghold of Nochistlan.
174. This disaster occurred on the night of Sept. 10-11th, 1541. The mission referred to is mentioned by Torquemada, Monarquia Indiana, Lib. XIX, Cap. XIV. Pedro de Angulo and his companion reached Guatemala in 1539.
175. "On account of ashes," Ruma chah; Brasseur translates this expression, "á cause de billevesées."
176. Juan Rogel was one of the "oidores."
177. Alonso Lopez Cerrato entered upon his duties in Guatemala May 26, 1548.
179. Pedro Ramirez de Quiñones. The actor in this attempt was one of the oidores. Bancroft, who refers to the quarrel between the Governor and Bishop Marroquin, does not satisfactorily explain it. See his Hist. of Central America, Vol. II, pp. 326-7. On Ramirez, see Juarros, Hist. Guatemala, Tom. I, pp. 235-6.
181. Antonio Rodriguez de Quezada took possession of the Presidency of Guatemala Jan. 14, 1554, and retained it till his death in November, 1558; he was succeeded by Pedro Ramirez. (Comp. Juarros, I, p. 255, with Bancroft, Hist. Cent. Am., II, p. 358, who says 1555.)
181. "There was but little between them," Xa ꜭa halal qui cohol ahauh; this expression is not clear. There appears to be considerable vagueness in the writer's chronology in this passage.
"He did not condemn any one, because he had no time," Mani xuban ru ꜫatbaltzih, mani xyaloh; an ignorant statement, since he held the Presidency about four years.
The reading of the last sentence is doubtful.
182. Vico was killed in the summer of 1555.
184. The expedition against the Lacandons took place early in 1559.
