31. In January 1524, Hern�n Cort�s directed captain Crist�bal de Olid to establish a colony for him in Honduras. 32. Crist�bal de Olid led Spanish soldiers with Tlaxcalan allies in the conquests of Jalisco and Colima of West Mexico. 33. In 1522, Cort�s dispatched one of his generals, Crist�bal de Olid to conquer Quitupan and surrounding areas. 34. When Cort�s learnt of Olid 's rebellion, he sent Francisco de Las Casas against Olid with two warships. 35. When Cort�s learnt of Olid's rebellion, he sent Francisco de Las Casas against Olid with two warships. 36. Under the circumstances, Olid proposed a truce to which Las Casas agreed, and he did not land his forces. 37. Olid helped save Cortes at one point, when he was seized by the Mexicans in one of the causeway battles.38. Getting down off his horse, Olid embraced the monarch, then forced him to kneel in front of the crowd. 39. Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas writing in the 17th century, records that Olid 's soldiers rose up and murdered him. 40. Pedro de Alvarado and Crist�bal de Olid at the command of Hern�n Cort�s, came from Guatemala through San Salvador and Honduras.
