Note X‑15 — Chapter X · ADMINISTRATION OF AFFAIRS IN NICARAGUA. 1531-1550.

See the lengthy deposition taken in Leon by request of the governor before Bishop Osorio, and concluded after the prelate's death, before the lieutenant-governor and alcalde mayor licenciado Gregorio de Zeballos and the notary Martin Mimbreño. Many witnesses here testify to the persistent opposition of Las Casas, who was requested to accompany the expedition, but refused, though he offered to go in command of 50 soldiers, to explore and make a peaceful conquest of the territory in question. Las Casas, Informacion, in Pacheco and Cárdenas, Col. Doc., vii. 116-46.