Note 897 — Chapter IV · (continued 2)

Parecer que da á S. M. la Audiencia de Nueva España, Jan. 19, 1569. The fort at San Mateo was not immediately restored; a new fort, San Pedro, was established at Tacatacuru (Coleccion de documentos inéditos, xii. 307-308). Stephen de las Alas in 1570 withdrew the garrisons, except fifty men in each fort,—a step which led to official investigation (Ibid., xii. 309, etc.).