Note XII‑11 — Chapter XII · ALVARADO'S LAST EXPEDITION. 1537-1541.
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His expenses were enormous. Bernal Diaz says, 'fueron tantos los gastos que hizo que no le bastó la riqueza que traxo del Piru, ni el oro que le sacavan de las minas ... ni los tributos de sus pueblos, ni lo que le presentaron sus deudos y amigos, y lo que tomó fiado de mercaderes.' Hist. Verdad., 235. His will, in which he made Bishop Marroquin his executor, shows that he had numerous creditors, who had furnished ships, provisions, supplies, and money. Remesal, Hist. Chyapa, 185-6. Vazquez says the cost was over 200,000 pesos de oro.