Note XXVI-31 — Chapter XXVI · EXPEDITION TO SALVADOR. 1524.
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He had been pierced through the thigh with an arrow, which was shot with such force as to penetrate the saddle. His leg was shortened in consequence to the extent of four fingers' width, and he remained lame for life. Alvarado, Relacion, i. 164. Remesal erroneously states that Alvarado received this wound in Soconusco. Hist. Chyapa, 7.