Note XIII‑39 — Chapter XIII · THE CONQUEST OF CHIAPAS. 1520-1529.

The object of Puertocarrero's presence is considered by Remesal to have been the extension of territory under the government of Alvarado. Hist. Chyapa, 265-6. Another author states that at the commencement of the revolt the Spaniards had hurriedly fled to Comitlan, where they sent word to Alvarado in Guatemala. Mazariegos, Mem. Chiapa, 10. The reader is aware that Alvarado was in Spain at this period.