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Cortes in Mexico, 1519	26
Villagutierre's account of the entrada of Cortes, 1524-1525	26
Cortes starts for Honduras	27
Cortes arrives at Izancanac	27
Description of a large town	28
The Spaniards suspect treachery	28
The Indians explain why their own town was deserted	29
Cortes takes leave of them in a friendly spirit	29
The deer hunt	30
The army of Cortes proceeds on its way	30
The lake	31
They capture an Indian	31
The Indian is sent to Tayasal	32
Some Indians come to Cortes from Tayasal	32
Canek himself comes and is courteously received	32
Canek hears Mass and promises to put away his idols	33
Cortes goes to Tayasal with Canek	34
The Itzas give Cortes news of Olid	34
Cortes takes leave of Canek, leaving Morzillo	35
Idols not burnt	35
Cortes arrives in Honduras	36
Comparison of Villagutierre with other authorities	36
Canek's attitude toward Cortes	38

CHAPTER IV
The Entrada of Francisco De Montejo and his Son,
and the Arrival of the Franciscans, 1526-1542

Francisco de Montejo and his son	39
Montejo's preparations and sacrifices	39
He sets out	40
Montejo and his men go along the shore of Yucatan	40
Description of the campaign	41
Dávila and Vazquez search vainly for gold in the region of Chetemal	42
Foundation of Villa Real de Chetemal	43
Hardships of those who were at Chichen	43
Continual misfortunes	43
Chichen Itza and Villa Real both deserted	45
Dávila goes to Honduras	46
The Elder Montejo goes to Tabasco in 1535	46
The Franciscans enter Yucatan, 1535	47
Renewal of the subjection of Yucatan by Montejo, 1537	48
Hostility of the Indians	48
The Elder Montejo's instructions to his son	49
The Younger Montejo founds Campeche, 1540-1541	50
Tutul Xiu of Mani offers his aid	51
Foundation of Merida and of Valladolid, 1542-1543	52
Bishop Bartolomé de las Casas arrives in Yucatan	53