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that haue Alume in them, and out of which distilleth a certaine liquor like vnto oile, and sulphur or brimstone, whereof the Spanyards made excellent gunpowder. He trauailed 400. leagues in this voiage, and passed certaine riuers which were so hot, that they could not well endure, to wade through them.

He builded a citie calling it Sant Iago de Quahutemallan. Peter de Aluarado begged the gouernment of this countrey, and the report is that it was giuen him.

In the yeere 1523. the 8. day of December Cortes sent Diego Godoy with 100. footemen and 80. horsemen, two field peeces and many of his friends Indians vnto the towne Del Espiritu santo: He ioined himselfe with the captaine of that towne, and they went to Chamolla the head citie of that prouince, and that being taken all the countrey grew quiet.

In the yeere 1524. in Februarie Cortes sent one Roderigo Rangel with 150. Spaniards and many of the Tlaxcallans and Mexicans against the Zapotecas and Nixticas and vnto other prouinces and countreys not so well discouered: they were resisted at the first, but quickly put the people to the woorst, and kept them for euer after in subiction.

In this same yeere 1524. one Roderigo de Bastidas was sent to discouer, people, and gouerne the countrey of Santa Martha: where he lost his life because he would not suffer the soldiers to take the spoile of a certaine towne. They ioined with Peter Villa forte, and he being sometimes his entire friend did helpe to kill him with daggers lying in his bed. Afterward Don Pedro de Lugo, and Don Alfonso his sonne were gouernours of that place, which vsed themselues like couetous tyrants; whereof grew much trouble.

In this same yeere also 1524. after that the Licentiate Lucas Vasques de Aillon had obtained of the Emperour the gouernment of Chicora, he armed for that purpose certaine ships from the citie of Santo Domingo and went to discouer the countrey, and to inhabite it: but he was lost with all his companie, leauing nothing done woorthy of memorie. And I cannot tell how it