[XXI‑17] Dowerless maidens had been provided for, provisions had become abundant and cheap, and both Spaniards and Indians were contented. Cartas, in Arévalo, Col. Doc. Antig., 28, 30.
[XXI‑18] 'Mandó que diesen los indios cierta cantidad de pescado cada semana, no habiendo rios ni mar dentro de diez y doce leguas. Mandó con pena ... que no vendiesen las gallinas por más de un real, valiendo á dos reales, y sino quisiesen venderla á real, dió licencia que los españoles se la tomasen por fuerza.' Las Casas, Representacion in Pacheco and Cárdenas, Col. Doc., vii. 163.
[XXI‑19] Las Casas, Representacion, loc. cit.; Remesal, Hist. Chyapa, 624-6; Cabildo, Carta, Feb. 12, 1563, in Arévalo, Col. Doc. Antig., 36.
[XXI‑20] Hist. Chyapa, 639.
[XXI‑21] Remesal, Hist. Chyapa, 646.
[XXI‑22] 'Que se le envie à mandar tenga especial cuidado del bien é aumento de los que en esta cibdad é provincias viven.' Carta, Jan. 26, 1562, in Arévalo, Col. Doc. Antig., 32. In another letter they petitioned the king that in the appointment of governors preference be given those having experience in the Indies, as with a new governor there always came a number of servants, dependants, and relatives who had to be provided for, to the prejudice of the more meritorious conquerors and settlers. Carta, Feb. 12, 1563, in Id., 36.
[XXI‑23] Spelled Briceño by Remesal, Hist. Chyapa, 646; Briceño de Coca, also Briseño, by Juarros, Guat., i. 354; ii. 49; the orthography here adopted is from the letters of the cabildo, in Arévalo, Col. Doc. Antig., 39, 45.
[XXI‑24] Presbyter ... and visitador of the provinces of Popayan and Guatemala. Escamilla, Not. Cur., MS., 2.
[XXI‑25] At the end of July, according to Remesal, Hist. Chyapa, 646; Feb. 12, 1565, according to Juarros, Guat., ii. 49. In January of 1564 the cabildo were awaiting his arrival. In the following December they say that he arrived August 2d of the previous year, 'del año pasado,' which is evidently an error, the same year being meant.
[XXI‑26] Cabildo, Carta, Dec. 20, 1564, in Arévalo, Col. Doc., 39. Remesal, Hist. Chyapa, represents Landecho's rule as very corrupt; that he was placed under arrest in his own house by Brizeño, and that to escape a fine of 30,000 pesos he secretly fled to the coast, embarked, and perished at sea. Remesal also states that all the oidores were suspended excepting one, whose name he does not give, and all fined in sums varying from 3,000 to 9,000 pesos. Juarros follows, in brief, Remesal's account of the corrupt rule, arrest, fine, escape, and death of Landecho, and the fining of the other oidores, including Loaisa, who he says was retained. In the account of Brizeño's arrival, however, he gives the popular tradition that the visitador came first in disguise and made himself known only to the prior of the convent of Mercy, with whom he lodged. Having learned from personal observation and conversations the true state of affairs, he proceeded to the town of Petapa, whence he announced his arrival to the audiencia and cabildo. The letter of the cabildo cited above does not favor either of these versions. It says: 'De la visita resultó quedar suspendido el Presidente y Gobernador que en ella estaba, juntamente con el Lic. Jufre de Loaisa Oidor.'