Note XIX-2 — Chapter XIX · CORTÉS IN HONDURAS. 1525-1526.
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'De todos ellos no habia ocho para poder quedar en la tierra.' Cortés, Cartas, loc. cit. Their captain, Armenta, having refused to return with them to Cuba, they had hanged him a few days before, and had elected Nieto, who was ready to execute their wishes. Bernal Diaz, Hist. Verdad., 204.