Note 741 — Chapter XXII · ALVARADO’S MERCILESS MASSACRE. May, 1520.
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‘Fue al patio donde estava el Oechilobos e vi mucha gente junta para le subir e defendiendolo venia mucha gente los quales comensaron a pelear con nosotros.’ Ramirez, Proceso contra Alvarado, 67. This is a mere excuse evidently, which none attempt to support, definitely at least; but it sounded well to say that the actual fight began on the native side, as had the plotting. One of Brasseur de Bourbourg’s unique manuscripts states that the first attack by the Spaniards was upon those who were advancing with the idol. Hist. Nat. Civ., iv. 287. ‘Este testigo desfizo el ydolo que los dichos yndios tenian para sobir donde estava Nuestra Señora.’ Nuño Pinto, in Ramirez, 134.