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92 be given to the Alcaldes Mayores and to Don Roque de Soberanis y Centeno, Governor of the Province of Yucatan.

“At this time the President had all the chief citizens of the City of Guatemala called together....He urged each one to aid with his person or with whatever aid of his he could....” The result of this appeal was a quickened activity in the recruiting and in the collecting of supplies and munitions of war. At the same time Don Joseph de Escals was applied to for aid in the collecting of donations or voluntary gifts.

The Voluntary Contributions. Toward the end of 1694 the donations began to come pouring in. A list of them will give some idea of the scale on which operations were carried out.


 * Don Joseph de Escals sent from Sonsonate 350 pesos, which he got by selling 56 horses given by the citizens.


 * Don Juan Jeronimo de Mexia, Corregidor of Huehuetenango, 100 pesos from the citizens and 100 of his own as well as 14 horses.


 * Quasaltenango, 14 horses but no money.
 * Acasaguastlan, through Captain Don Miguel de Azanon, its Corregidor, 34 horses but no money.
 * Chiquimula, 70 horses and 50 pesos.
 * Soconusco, 30 horses and 6 mules.
 * Esquintepeque and Guazacapan, 13 horses, 2 mules, and 23 pesos.
 * San Salvador, 60 horses, 11 mules, and 200 pesos.
 * Teconicapa and Huehuetenango, 33 horses, 800 fowl, and 400 bushels of maize.
 * Guatemala, 1176 pesos, 49 horses, and 7 mules.
 * Don Jacobo Barba of Zuchitepeque, 100 pesos.
 * Don Francisco Lopez de Albizuri, two soldiers and paid for the entire time of the campaign.
 * Don Juan de Galvez, 20 horses.
 * Don Estevan de Medrano, four soldiers for six months.
 * The totals of the donations were 2399 pesos, 354 horses, 22 mules, 420 bushels of maize, 800 fowl, etc.

Quarrels between Soberanis and the Bishop of Yucatan. While matters were going forward in a fairly satisfactory