[VIII‑11] Arévalo, Col. Doc. Antig., 14.
[VIII‑12] The bishop's humility and pardonable boastfulness are sometimes a little striking. Speaking of the provision for the delivery of the tithes, he says: 'Sino se pierde por mis deméritos, que creo no pierde, pues trabajo mas que los demàs perlados, que en estas índias al presente residen.' Id., 184.
[VIII‑13] During the earlier period of the Spanish conquests in America this order took no active part. A few individuals, however, found their way to the new world, among whom was Bartolomé de Olmedo, who accompanied Cortés to Mexico. Remesal, Hist. Chyapa., 148.
[VIII‑14] On March 17, 1538, according to Gonzalez, Dávila, Teatro Ecles., i. 144. Remesal states that the convent was not formally organized until a year or two later, and quotes an entry in the books of the cabildo dated the 12th of August 1538, from which it appears that certain citizens wished to assist in the building and furnishing of a convent and church for the use of the order. Hist. Chyapa, 148. There is some doubt as to the exact date.
[VIII‑15] Remesal, Hist. Chyapa, 147-9; Gonzalez Dávila, Teatro Ecles., i. 144-8; Escamilla, Noticias Curiosas, MS., 12; Iglesias y Conventos de Mex., 283.
[VIII‑16] Juarros, Guat., i. 380.
[IX‑1] See [Hist. Cent. Am., i. 606], this series.
[IX‑2] Salcedo brought with him to Trujillo 209 slaves; of these 102 were branded in the face. Testimonio, Pacheco and Cárdenas, Col. Doc., xiv. 70-7.
[IX‑3] It is stated that Salcedo's death was caused by a sore on one of his legs, and by the rough treatment received while imprisoned at Leon; but his friends suspected that he had been poisoned. Herrera, dec. iv. lib. vii. cap. iii.
[IX‑4] The only document which Herrera could produce in support of his claim was a memorandum without date, signature, or witness. The appointment of Cereceda, on the other hand, was signed by Salcedo and attested by 12 witnesses. Cerezeda, Carta, in Squier's MSS., xx. 3-5. See also Oviedo, iii. 192.