Note XII‑15 — Chapter XII · ALVARADO'S LAST EXPEDITION. 1537-1541.

Herrera states that Alvarado despatched his expedition to the coast of Jalisco, there to wait for him, and went overland to Mexico, and Oviedo, iv. 26, also entertains this view; but Mendoza and Gomara, Hist. Ind., 268-9, distinctly states that he sailed with his fleet, and the former's testimony is conclusive. Oviedo gives the additional information that Alvarado sent a messenger to the emperor with an account of his expedition and drawings of his fleet. Oviedo had an interview with the messenger and saw the drawings. Vazquez wrongly asserts that on his voyage the adelantado discovered Acajutla. Chronica de Gvat., 159. He had already done so as early as 1524. See Hist. Cent. Am., i. 670, this series. Bernal Diaz wrongly gives 1538 as the date of his sailing. Hist. Verdad., 236. The time of his departure was about the middle of 1540, for on the 19th of May of that year the cabildo requested him when on the point of departing with his fleets to take with him the imprisoned princes Sinacam and Sequechul. Vazquez, Chron. Gvat., 30.