March to the Cakchiquel Capital—With a Brilliant Retinue King Sinacam Comes forth to Meet the Spaniards—Description of Patinamit—Occupation of the Cakchiquel Capital—Expedition against Tepepul, King of the Zutugils—The Cliff City of Atitlan—A Warm Battle—Entry into the Stronghold—Reconciliation and Return to Patinamit—Love Episode of Alvarado 652 CHAPTER XXVI. EXPEDITION TO SALVADOR. 1524. Campaign against Itzcuintlan—A Rough March—The Town Surprised—Desperate Defence—Alvarado Determines to Explore still farther South—Crossing the River Michatoyat—The Spaniards Come to Atiquipac, Tacuylula, Taxisco, Nancintlan, and Pazaco—The Towns Deserted—Poisoned Stakes and Canine Sacrifice—Enter Salvador—Moquizalco and Acatepec—Battles of Acajutla and Tacuxcalco—Blood-thirstiness of this Conqueror—Entry into Cuzcatlan—Flight of the Inhabitants—Return to Patinamit 663 CHAPTER XXVII. REVOLT OF THE CAKCHIQUELS. 1524-1525. Return of the Allies to Mexico—Founding of the City of Santiago—The Cakchiquels Oppressed beyond Endurance—They Flee from the City—Difficulty in again Reducing Them to Subjection—Reinforcements from Mexico—Campaign against Mixco—Capture of that Stronghold—Fight with the Chignautecs—Superhuman Valor of a Cavalryman—Conquest of the Zacatepec Valley—Expedition against the Mames—Defeat of Can Ilocab—Entry into Huehuetenango—Siege of Zakuléu—Surrender of Caibil Balam 678 AUTHORITIES QUOTED IN THE HISTORY OF CENTRAL AMERICA. Aa (Pieter vander), Naaukeurige Versameling. Leyden, 1707. 30 vols. Abaunza (Justo), El Senador Director Provisorio a sus Compatriotas. Agosto 5 de 1851. [Leon, 1851.] folio. Abbott (John S. C.), Christopher Columbus. New York, 1875. Abbott (John S. C.), History of Hernando Cortez. New York, 1855. Acosta (Joaquin), Compendio Histórico del Descubrimiento, etc., de la Nueva Granada. Paris, 1848. Acosta (Josef de), De Natvra novi orbis libri dvo. Salmanticæ, 1589. Acosta (Josef de), De Procvranda Salvte indorvm. Salmanticæ, 1588. Acosta (Josef de), Historia Natural y Moral de las Yndias. Sevilla, 1590. [Quoted as Hist. Ind.] Acosta (Josef de), The Naturall and Morall Historie of the East and West Indies. London, n.d. [1604]. [Quoted as Hist. Nat. Ind.] Adams (C. B.), Catalogue of Panama Shells. New York, 1852. Aguiar y Acuña (Rodrigo de), Svmarios de la Recopilacion general de las Leyes de las Indias. Madrid, 1628. Aguilar (Manuel), Memoria sobre el cultivo del Café. Guatemala, 1845. Ahumada (Augustin de), Nicaragua, Dec. 24, 1755. MS. Akademie der Wissenschaften, Sitzungsberichte, Abhandlungen. Berlin, 1859 et seq.