iii. 448, 459-60, 475-87, wherein Cortés and Alvarado are

closely followed; _Peter Martyr_, dec. viii. cap. v., relating mainly to the narrative of the messengers sent to Guatemala, merely mentioning Alvarado's departure; _Gomara_, _Hist. Mex._, 229-33; _Id._, _Hist. Ind._, 266-8, which affords but little additional information to that supplied by Oviedo; _Chimalpain_, _Hist. Conq._, ii. 100-5, 181-2; _Bernal Diaz_, _Hist. Verdad._, 77, 174-6; _Las Casas_, _Regio. Ind. Devastat._, 35-40, and _Ixtlilxochitl_, _Horribles Crueldades_, 66-71. The former of these two last authorities is exceptionally severe against Alvarado, and enumerates numbers of atrocities committed by him and his followers, while the latter prominently brings forward the services of the Mexican auxiliaries, and mentions the excessive hardships and cruelties they suffered. _Id._, _Relaciones_, 431-3. Herrera, dec. iii. lib. v. cap. viii.-xi., occasionally differs from Alvarado's statements, but is generally reliable. See also _Lorenzana_, _Viage_, in _Cortés_, _Hist. N. España_, 335-6, 369-70; _Pacheco_ and _Cárdenas_, _Col. Doc._, viii. 17; _Arévalo_, _Actas Ayunt. Guat._, 7-15; _Ramirez_, _Proceso contra Alvarado_, passim—which work throws much light upon the doings of the conqueror, though contradictory evidence renders it ofttimes difficult to decide on the merits of a charge; _Ramusio_, _Viaggi_, iii. 296-8; _Atitlan_, _Requête de plusieurs chefs_, in _Ternaux-Compans_, série i., tom. x., 415-25; _Suchimilco_, _Carta de sus caciques_, in _Pacheco_ and _Cárdenas_, _Col. Doc._, xii., 293-4; _Remesal_, _Hist. Chyapa_, 2-7, an author unreliable so far as the conquest of Guatemala goes when not supported by other authorities; _Galvano's Discov._, 156-7; _Voyages, Selection of Curious, Rare, and Early_, 31; _Fuentes y Guzman_, _Recordacion Florida_, MS., 1-4, 12-19, 25-7, has many errors and is far from reliable; _Vazquez_, _Chronica de Gvat._, 1-17, 68, 522-6; _Gonzalez Dávila_, _Teatro Ecles._, i. 139; _Juarros_, _Guat._, i. 60, 64, 66-7, 79, 253; ii. 240-60, 277-88, 309-20; _Id._ [ed. London, 1823], 10, 29-30, 124-6, 234-6, 378-404, 419-32, 456-69; _Pelaez_, _Mem. Guat._, i. 44-7, 64-5, compiled from various authors, and is inaccurate. _Brasseur de Bourbourg_, _Hist. Nat. Civ._, iv. 612-719; _Prescott's Mex._, iii. 273-4; _Help's Span. Conq._, iii. 242-74; _Calle_, _Mem. y Not._, 113-5; _Salazar y Olarte_, _Conq. Mex._, 124-33; _Niebla_, _Mem. de Zapotitlan_, MS., 7-8; _Larrainzar_, _Hist. Soconusco_, 1-14, 17-8; _Zamacois_, _Hist. Méj._, iv. 167-74, 182; _Squier's MSS._, xvi.; _Squier's States Cent. Am._, 323-30; _Ogilby's Am._, 236; _Dunn's Guat._, 261-4; _Laet_, _Nov. Orb._, 317-46; _Astaburuaga_, _Cent. Am._, 9; _Larenaudière_, _Mex. and Guat._ [ed. Paris, 1843], 135, 277-85. Minor authorities also consulted are _Russell's Hist. Am._, i. 389-91; _Robert's Narr. Voy._, xxi.; _Montanus_, _De Nieuwe Weereld_, 273; _Crowe's Cent. Am._, 28-114; _Conder's Mex. and Guat._, ii. 178, 183-9, 199, 297; _Drie Verscheyde Togten_, 18-19, 25-34; _Haefkens_, _Cent. Am._, 5-19; _Holmes' Annals Am._, i. 54; _North Am. Rev._, xxvi. 132-4; _Wagner_, _Costa Rica_, 518-22; _Lardner's Hist. Discov._, ii. 61; _Salvador_, _Diar. Ofic._, April, 1876; _Santos_, _Chronologia Hospitalaria_, ii. 478; _Findlay's Directory_, i. 222; _Modern Traveller_, _Mex. and Guat._, ii. 178-90; _Gac. Nic._, June, 1865, 217; _Garcia_, _Reseña Geog._, 6-7; _Bussière_, _L'Empire Hex._, 336-7; _Montúfar_, _Mem. Hist. Rev._, pp. viii.-x.; _Pineda_, _Descripcion Geog._, 10; _Gordon's Anc. Mex._, ii. 244; _Kerr's Col. Voy._, 221-34; _Vocabulario Geog._, in _Cartas de Indias_, 674.