[XXIV‑12] Before taking his departure he estimated the native population at 30,000 or more. Dávila places the number at only 5,000.
[XXIV‑13] Gaztela, Real Titulo, in Pacheco and Cárdenas, Col. Doc., xi. 124.
[XXIV‑14] Molina, Bosquejo de Costa Rica, does not even mention Coronado, but passes on from the administration of Caballon in 1560 to that of Cherino. Yet Coronado's appointment is substantiated by numerous official documents of the period, and by the narrative of Dávila.
[XXIV‑15] A detailed account of these instructions is given in Costa Rica, Real Instruccion, in Pacheco and Cárdenas, Col. Doc., xvii. 559-65.
[XXIV‑16] The personnel of this expedition is described in Artieda, Costa Rica, in Pacheco and Cárdenas, Col. Doc., xv. 261-300.
[XXIV‑17] Among those present were Fray Diego de Molina, vicar; Francisco Pavon, captain; Juan Gonzalez Delgada, 'Escribano de la Gobernacion dicha Ciudad, é publico del Cabildo de ella' (meaning of the city of Artieda); Pedro de Avendano, sargento mayor; Tomás de Barahona, maestre de campo; and Diego de Zárate, alcalde ordinario. Costa Rica, Acontecimiento, in Pacheco and Cárdenas, Col. Doc., xvii. 570.
[XXIV‑18] Ponce, Relacion de Las Casas, in Col. Doc. Inéd., lvii. 350.
[XXIV‑19] Juarros, Guat., i. 326. Mendieta, Hist. Ecles., 393-4, confirms Juarros except as to date, which he places in 1550, while Vazquez, Chron. de Gvat., 252, gives 1560. 'Segun ... el Informe manuscripto de la fundacion de esta Provincia.'
[XXIV‑20] See Hist. Mex., ii. 451, this series.
[XXIV‑21] Mendieta, Hist. Ecles., 393-4. Vazquez, Chron. de Gvat., 254, makes the number six.