[XXII-8] Gomara surmises that the ships of Andrés Niño were referred to, Hist. Ind., 266, while Peter Martyr believes them to have been those of Gil Gonzalez, seen off the coast of Yucatan.
[XXII-9] 'El qual pregunto, si eran de Malinxe, ... Dios caydo del cielo.' Gomara, Hist. Ind., 266.
[XXII-10] A carver in wood, and no ordinary pilot, Peter Martyr says, dec. viii. cap. v., while Gomara's words are, 'Treuiño, y era carpintero de naos.' Hist. Ind., 266.
[XXII-11] One of the messengers sought to appropriate to himself a quantity of the gold, while his comrade, disapproving, first admonished him, then held his peace, dissembling, and accused him to Cortés of theft. The culprit was convicted, publicly flogged, and banished from New Spain. Peter Martyr, dec. viii. cap. v. 'Esta fue la primera entrada, y noticia de Quauhtemallan.' Gomara, Hist. Ind., 267.
[XXII-12] Cortés, Cartas, 289; Gomara, Hist. Ind., 267; Vazquez, Chronica de Gvat., 4; Remesal, Hist. Chyapa, 2-3. Gomara erroneously gives 1523 as the year of this embassy, as well as Alvarado's expedition to Tututepec.
[XXII-13] Or Tuzapan, on the coast of Vera Cruz, some leagues south of Tampico.
[XXII-14] Gomara says 200 men, to ratify the treaty of peace with a reasonable present. Hist. Ind., 266-67. Remesal states that the embassadors from Guatemala found Cortés at the port of Villa Rica [Vera Cruz] in high good humor, having received the news of his appointment as governor and captain-general of New Spain. Hist. Chyapa, 3.
[XXII-15] Vazquez makes no mention of embassadors from the lord of Utatlan; on the contrary, he states that the king of the Cakchiquel nation had invested with independent sovereignty over a portion of his kingdom his brother Ahpoxahil, who held his court at Tecpanatitan [Tzolola]; and that these two rulers, without informing the neighboring lords of their intention, conjointly sent embassadors to Cortés with offers of peace and submission. Chronica de Gvat., 68. Brasseur de Bourbourg takes this view, and states that when the secret alliance became known the indignation was general. A confederation for the destruction of the Cakchiquels was formed, and a struggle of fearful bloodiness had been carried on for some months when the confederates received the news that the Tonatiuh was advancing through Soconusco against them. Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist. Nat. Civ., iv. 630. But Cortés distinctly states that he both sent messengers to Utatlan and received envoys from that city. Cartas, 289. See also Herrera, dec. iii. lib. v. cap. viii.; Bernal Diaz, Hist. Verdad., 174.
[XXII-16] Gomara states that at the time of their overtures to Cortés the Guatemalans were at war with Soconusco, and now, encouraged by their alliance, pressed hostilities with increased vigor. Hist. Ind., 267. Ixtlilxochitl claims that in 1523 the Mexican princes Ixtlilxochitl and Quauhtemoctzin learned that the provinces of the south coast, among which he includes Soconusco, had risen against those who were friendly to the Christians, and they straightway informed Cortés. Horribles Crueldades, 65-6.
[XXII-17] 'Y porque ya yo tenia mucha costa hecha ... y porque dello tengo creido que Dios nuestro Señor y V. S. M. han de ser muy servidos.' Cartas, 304.