Note 23 — Chapter III · CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTS OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU
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Pedro de Alvarado had served under Cortés in Mexico; had been governor of Guatemala; went southward with five hundred men to take Quito, pretending to believe it was outside of Pizarro’s territory; found Almagro in possession of the region; and agreed to withdraw on condition of receiving a payment of one hundred thousand pesos.