Note XXIII-2 — Chapter XXIII · CONQUEST OF GUATEMALA BEGUN. February-March, 1524.
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That is to say, 'Under the government of Ten.' The city was ruled by ten lords, each having under him a xiquipil, or 8000 dwellings. Fuentes estimated that this city contained 300,000 inhabitants. So strongly was it fortified that it had never been taken, though attempts had often been made. Juarros, Guat., ii. 240.