BOOK XV.

GUATEMALA.

CHAPTER I.

IMPORTANCE OF THE HISTORY OF GUATEMALAEMBASSIES TO CORTES AFTER THE SIEGE OF MEXICO HIS DISCOVERY OF THE SEA OF THE SOUTH -ORIGIN OF THE KINGDOM OF GUATEMALA-LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF THAT COUNTRY— EXPEDITION AGAINST GUATEMALA PREPARED.

CHAPTER II.

CONQUEST OF GUATEMALA BY PEDRO DE ALVARADO —FOUNDING OF THE TOWN OF GUATEMALA.

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TOWN OF SANTIAGO IN

GUATEMALA-DOMINGO DE BETANZOS COMES TO
SANTIAGO AND FOUNDS A DOMINICAN CONVENT
THERE IS OBLIGED TO RETURN TO MEXICO.

WITH THE GOVERNOR-COMES TO GUATEMALA
AND OCCUPIES THE CONVENT THAT HAD BEEN
FOUNDED BY DOMINGO DE BETANZOS-ALVA-
RADO'S EXPEDITION TO PERU-LAS CASAS AND
HIS BRETHREN STUDY THE UTLATECAN LAN-
GUAGE.

CHAPTER VI.

LAS CASAS AND HIS MONKS OFFER TO CONQUER "THE LAND OF WAR"

THEY MAKE THEIR

PREPARATIONS FOR THE ENTERPRIZE.

CHAPTER VII.

LAS CASAS SUCCEEDS IN SUBDUING AND CONVERTING

BY PEACEABLE MEANS 'THE LAND OF WAR'

HE IS SENT TO SPAIN AND DETAINED THERE.

CHAPTER IX.

TRIUMPH OF THE DOMINICANS IN GUATEMALA— "THE LAND OF WAR" IS CALLED THE LAND OF PEACE" THE FINAL LABOURS AND DEATH OF DOMINGO DE BETANZOS.