History of Central America, Volume 2, 1530-1800 The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 7

CHAPTER IV.

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THE CAKCHIQUELS AGAIN IN REVOLT. 1525-1526.

Alvarado Sets forth to Honduras to Join Cortés—Mutiny among his Men—Gonzalo de Alvarado Appointed Lieutenant-governor—His Meeting with Marin and his Party—The Second Revolt of the Cakchiquels—Gonzalo the Cause of the Insurrection—Massacre of the Spaniards—Alvarado Returns to Guatemala—He Captures the Peñol of Xalpatlahua—He Marches on Patinamit—His Return to Mexico—His Meeting with Cortés 74