Note XVIII‑49 — Chapter XVIII · PROGRESS OF AFFAIRS IN GUATEMALA. 1541-1550.
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President Cerrato describes Gracias á Dios as occupied by only 18 vecinos, with neither physician, surgeon, nor druggist, while a great scarcity of both meat and fish prevailed. He adds that the majority were in favor of removal to the city of Santiago. Carta, in Squier's MSS., xxii. 87-8. Marroquin urgently advocated this city as the future seat of the audiencia. Id., 45, 89, 94.