. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . ona,who was a daughter of Sancho Barahona, a vet-eran of the conquest of Yucatán, Mexico andGuatemala. Cavallón had come to America withthe armada of Juan Pérez de Cabrera, underwhose orders he served as Deputy Magistratein Trujillo in the year 1550, and later, from1553; as Alcalde mayor of Nicaragua. In thelatter employment he greatly distinguished him-self, particularly during the uprising of JuanGaitán. Gaitán, after having sacked the town of SanMiguel, in San Salvador, as well as the townof Jerez, in Choluteca, and the so-called mines
. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . ona,who was a daughter of Sancho Barahona, a vet-eran of the conquest of Yucatán, Mexico andGuatemala. Cavallón had come to America withthe armada of Juan Pérez de Cabrera, underwhose orders he served as Deputy Magistratein Trujillo in the year 1550, and later, from1553; as Alcalde mayor of Nicaragua. In thelatter employment he greatly distinguished him-self, particularly during the uprising of JuanGaitán. Gaitán, after having sacked the town of SanMiguel, in San Salvador, as well as the townof Jerez, in Choluteca, and the so-called minesof Juan de Avila, had determined to proceedagainst Leon and kill the Alcalde mayor, againstwhom he desired to revenge himself for a certainpunishment the latter had inflicted on him for anoffense committed in Nicaragua. Cavallón, ad-vised of the plot in due season by a negro slave,who had succeeded in making his escape from the age, more or less. Cleto González Víquez, Apuntes sobregeografía antigua de Costa Rica I—Castillo de Oarci Muñ Stone Altaus of the Cíuetares. National Museum of Costa Rica. (Photo. Gómez.) CONQUEST OF COSTA RICA 191 rebel camp, had resolutely prepared for to surprise the city, Juan Gaitán andhis followers had made their entrance at day-break on the last day of the Easter season, in1554, but were met by the Alcalde mayor, whohad assembed the citizens in the plaza, fullyarmed and prepared for defense. Here they hadengaged in a vicious combat, which ended in thecomplete rout of the rebels. Cavallón had beenwounded in the head and had received a lancethrust in his thigh. The victory gained, he hadimmediately ordered the hanging of Gaitán, hisensign and quartermaster and ten or twelveof the lesser chiefs, and had the hands of fourcut off. Nearly all the rest of the rebels hadbeen made prisoners. The lawyers attached to the Audiencia, whowere friends of Cavallón and knew from this andother incidents in the career of thei
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