. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . aca withsixty well equipped men, including fortyarquebusiers, and took with him besides 280horses. Immediately afterwards Vázquez deCoronado resolved to reconnoiter the valley ofthe Guarco, which for its beauty and fine climateJuan Illanes de Castro had praised highly as the best place in the Indies wherein to locate acity, ^^ and, having sent on a soldier in advanceto notify the caciques of his coming, set out withsixty men and the Padres Martin de Bonilla andPedro de Betanzos. For six days the Alcaldemayor remained in the valley, which
. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . aca withsixty well equipped men, including fortyarquebusiers, and took with him besides 280horses. Immediately afterwards Vázquez deCoronado resolved to reconnoiter the valley ofthe Guarco, which for its beauty and fine climateJuan Illanes de Castro had praised highly as the best place in the Indies wherein to locate acity, ^^ and, having sent on a soldier in advanceto notify the caciques of his coming, set out withsixty men and the Padres Martin de Bonilla andPedro de Betanzos. For six days the Alcaldemayor remained in the valley, which he foundindeed most desirable because of the freshnessof a climate like that of Valladolid and the greatfertility of its soil, and selected a site for theestablishment of a town near the confluence ofthe Purires and Taras rivers, about three hun-dred yards from the first named and two hundredfrom the other.^^ He gave to the future city the Peralta—/&irf. Cleto Gonzalez Yiquez—Apuntes sohre Geografía Antiguadc Costa Rica, II, Ciudad del War 3IACE Muueiiiii of Costa Rica. (Plioto. Gómez.) CONQUEST OF COSTA RICA 243 name of Cartago, the name that had already-been given to the province. From the Guarco he sent for Sabaca, thecacique of Tayutic, for the purpose of question-ing him in regard to the death of Diego Gutier-rez, in order that he might send a report to theKing respecting a disaster so important. Thecacique excused himself for the moment, offeringto go and see him at Garcimuñoz. On his returnto that city, the inhabitants pressed Vázquez deCoronado with great insistence to permit them toremove to the Guarco valley, concerning theattractions of which so much had been , residence in Garcimuñoz involvedserious inconveniences; it was far from thelocahties inhabited by the Indians, the neighbor-ing lands were very sterile and during sixmonths of the year the city was lashed by theeast winds. Moved by these reasons, the Alcaldemayor
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