Note X‑31 — Chapter X · ADMINISTRATION OF AFFAIRS IN NICARAGUA. 1531-1550.
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It is probable that Rios continued to govern until the return of Contreras. Soon after the events just described he lost his life, probably during some expedition into the interior, as nothing is said of him until July 15, 1545, when bishop Valdivieso in one of his letters to the king, says: 'I asi han muerto Po. de los Rios, Luis de Guevara, i otros de menos cuenta.' In a subsequent report this prelate again refers to 'al difto. Teso. Po. de los Rios,' stating that the tithes collected, and still due by him at his death, had not been recovered. Squier's MSS., xxii. 109-10.