[XXV‑16] Mem. y Not., 131. Gage probably includes in his estimate of population the peaceable Indians settled in the neighborhood.
[XXV‑17] The first governor of Costa Rica in the seventeenth century was Captain Alonso Lara de Cordoba, who was appointed in 1603. Others are given in the order of their succession in Pelaez, Mem. Hist. Guat., ii. 170-4.
[XXV‑18] He expended upward of 60,000 pesos of his own private means. Juarros, Guat., i. 374. Molina, Costa Rica, 11, makes the same statement.
[XXV‑19] He became superior of the order; founded many hospitals and made extensive journeys in the cause of the church. In 1687 he was named by the pope, first superior-general, and after being identified for 50 years with the order died Sept. 23, 1769, aged 79. Juarros, Guat., i. 330-2.
[XXV‑20] Sept. 28, 1709, the Indians of Talamanca rose and killed fathers Pablo de Rebullidas and Antonio de Zamora. Haya, Informe al Reg., 14.
[XXV‑21] Fantasmas, Molucas, Moscas, Payas, Jaras, and many others, partly of Guatemala and Honduras as well. See [Native Races], passim.
[XXV‑22] Among other cédulas are three bearing date Oct. 30, 1547; Aug. 31, 1560; and July 2, 1594. Juarros, Guat., i. 346.
[XXV‑23] He might establish six convents subject to the provincial of Guatemala. Juarros, Guat., 349.
[XXV‑24] They began their labors in the latter part of January 1610. On ash Wednesday, following, a number were baptized and 130 converts were received during lent. Juarros, Guat., 351.
[XXV‑25] Pelaez, Mem. Guat., i. 291, mentions a circumstance which may partly explain what follows. A soldier who had previously killed two of the Indians was struck by one of the natives, whereupon he seized him, and with the assistance of a comrade bound his left hand to his body and nailed his right hand to a tree with a horseshoe and eight nails, leaving him in that position. The corpse was found by his tribe, and of course retaliation followed.