Note XXVI-44 — Chapter XXVI · EXPEDITION TO SALVADOR. 1524.
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The branding of slaves at Cuzcatlan was one of the charges brought against Alvarado at his trial. The Spaniards appear to have seized upon a number of the natives when they first entered the town. Ramirez, Proceso contra Alvarado, 9-59, passim. Las Casas uses these words: 'Stigma enim Regium, iis, qui non evaserunt, inustum est. Ego etiam præcipuo totius civitatis viri filio vidi imprimi.' Regio. Ind. Devastat., 38.