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diftcrent fcttlements. The diftrids he allotted to his of Guacacualco 

 were Guazpaltepeque, Tepeca, Chinanta, the Zapotecas, Copilco, 

 Ciraatan, Tabafco, Cachula, the Zoques, Techeapa, Cinacatan, 

 the Quilenes and Papanahaiifta. We had much trouble afterwards on 

 account of litigation with Vera Cruz concerning three of them, Guaz- 

 paltepeque, Chinanta, and Tepeca; with the town of Tabafco concern- 

 ing two others, Cimatan, and Copilco, alfo with Chiapa concerning 

 two, the Quilenes and Zoques, and with St, Ildefonfo about the Zapo- 

 tecas. I was very forry I fixed myfelf here; the lands were very poor, 

 and it turned out altogether to my difadvantage. Still we fhould have 

 done very well had we been left as we were at firft ; but when the new 

 Settlements were formed our polTefTions were clipped, to accommodate 

 them; whereby our colony fell to decay, from being the beft, and con- 

 taining the greateft number of the generous conquerors of Mexico; but 

 it is at prefent a place of very few inhabitants. 



Sandoval now received intelligence of the arrival of Donna Catalina 

 lady of our general Hernando Cortes, and her brother, at the river of 

 Aguayako. La Zambrana alfo and her family arrived with them, and 

 Elvira Lopez *' the tall," married to Juan de Palma who was afterwards 

 hanged. We all fet out to pay our refpedls to thefe ladies, and I recol- 

 lect the roads were almoft impaffable from the conftant and heavy rains. 

 Donna Catalina and the reft were efcorted by us to our town of Guaca- 

 cualco, and we fent word to Cortes of their arrival. After a fhort ftay 

 with us they fet out for Mexico. Cortes was very forry for their com- 

 ing, but he put the beft face upon it, and received them with great 

 pomp and rejoicings. In about three months after the arrival of Don- 

 na Catalina, we heard of her having died of an afthma. 



Villafuerte who had been fent to Zacatula, and Alvarez Chico who 

 had alfo gone to Colima, were unfuccefsful in their endeavours to bring 

 thofe provinces into fubmiftion. Cortes then fent a party thither com- 

 manded by Chriftoval de Oli; the natives attacked him on his march, 

 killing two of his foldiers j but he reached the ftation of Villafuerte who 



was 



