Note XXVI-25 — Chapter XXVI · EXPEDITION TO SALVADOR. 1524.

Mentioned by the conqueror as Acaxual, 'donde bate la Mar del Sur en èl.' Relacion, i. 163. Gomara calls it Acaiucatl; Herrera, Cayacatl; and Oviedo Acarval, while Ixtlilxochitl gives it the name of Acayncatl. Its modern appellation is Acajutla. Juarros incorrectly states that Alvarado did not discover it before 1534. Guat., i. 254. Fernando Colon, 1527, and Diego de Ribero, 1529, write las matas. Mercator's atlas, 1574, town and bay Acaxutla; Ogilby, 1671, Pto d' Acaxutla; Laet, 1633, Po de Acaxutla; West-Indische Spieghel, 1624, Caxulta; Jefferys, 1776, Sonsonate or Trinidad City, Rio St. Jago, and the southern point Izalcos, southern cape Pt. de los Remedios, northern cape Pt. Dacaxutla, on the coast near the latter point Guacapa, and in the interior Chiquimula. A little north river and city las Esclavos; Kiepert, 1858, B. de Sonsonate, also a like named city on the R. St. Jago. On the coast, Acajutla city, and eastward, P. de los Remedios, Puerto Libertad, and Pt. de la Concordia. The coast is called Cuesta del Balsamo.