Note XVIII-17 — Chapter XVIII · MARCH OF CORTÉS TO HONDURAS. 1524-1525.
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An anthropophagous Mexican was here burned alive, as a warning against such indulgences; and a letter was given to the leading cacique to inform other Spaniards that he was a friend to the white man. Gomara, Hist. Mex., 252; Herrera, dec. iii. lib. vii. cap. viii.