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CHAPTER V
The Entrada of Padres Fuensalida and Orbita, 1618

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The name Canek	54
Increased power of the Itzas	55
The mock embassy from Tayasal	55
The mock embassy considered to be a rebellion	56
A new period in the history of the Itzas	58
Fuensalida and Orbita	59
Preliminaries to the departure of the Padres	59
Briceño's opposition	59
The Padres set out	60
Their route	61
The journey up the river from Tipu	62
Arrival at Tipu	63
Events at the village of Tipu	63
The friendliness of Carrillo and the Indians	64
Don Christoval Na, Cacique of the Indians of Tipu	64
Francisco Cumux goes with an embassy to Canek	65
Cumux returns from Canek with two chiefs of Tayasal	66
The two chiefs are cordially received	66
The Padres prepare to travel to Tayasal	67
Delays; the Padres' anger	67
The return to Tipu	68
All precautions taken, they set out once more	68
Lake Yaxha is crossed; arrival at Lake Zacpeten	69
The Padres camp beside Lake Peten	69
The Padres arrive at Tayasal and are well received	70
Mass is said	71
Fuensalida preaches; Orbita destroys an idol	71
The Padres urge the Itza to be Christians	72
They refuse because the appointed time has not come	72
After a few days the Padres leave Tayasal	73

CHAPTER VI
The Entrada of Padre Fray Diego Delgado and the
Events that Followed, 1621-1624

Padre Fray Diego Delgado's offer to christianize the Itzas	75
Delgado travels to the convent of Xecchacan	75
He is well provided with guides and other Indians	75
Zaclun	76
The proposal of Mirones	77
Mirones and the Governor make an agreement	77
Mirones raises an army for his entrada	77
Mirones arrives at Zaclun	78
The wanton and foolish oppression caused by Mirones	78