HISTORY OF THE SPANISH CONQUEST OF YUCATAN AND OF THE ITZAS

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called Quixan, treating him kindly and carefully."


Explanations of their Withdrawal Sent to Guatemala. At this juncture an
unfortunate controversy sprang up. Cano says that he and his companions
wrote to Guatemala, explaining why they had withdrawn. Their
explanations were not accepted, however, because a false report had
gained credence to the effect that Don Jacinto Barrios had reached Lake
Peten. The authorities in Guatemala persisted in believing the latter
report, and they charged the Padres with trying to discredit the
President. The General Assembly then issued a decree in which they
ordered Captain Velasco at once to return to the lake and fortify
himself there on pain of losing all his property like a traitor.


The Decree of the General Assembly. "This was the substance of the
decree which was despatched to us, with many other circumstances in a