Note XXII-21 — Chapter XXII · MARCH OF ALVARADO TO GUATEMALA. 1522-1524.
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Remesal, Hist. Chyapa, 3. This authority also states that Cortés conferred on Alvarado the title of lieutenant-governor and captain-general. Cortés, in his letter to the king, expresses great confidence in the expedition, and regrets that inopportune circumstances in connection with the fleets had retarded the discovery of many secrets, and the collection of gold and pearls for the royal treasury. Cartas, 305.