Chetumal province

{{short description|Maya province in Yucatan from c. 950 to 1544}} {{About|the Postclassic Maya province|the modern city|Chetumal|the archaeological site|Santa Rita, Corozal}}       {{use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use British English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox former country |native_name = ''u kuchkabal Chetumal'' (Yucatecan Mayan) |conventional_long_name = Province of Chetumal |common_name = Chetumal Province |iso3166code = omit |era = Postclassic to Spanish conquest |status = Empire |status_text = Dissolved |empire =  |government_type = Theocratic, absolute monarchy   |event_start = Chichen Itza rule |date_start =  |year_start = ca. 950 |event_end = Founding of Salamanca de Bacalar |date_end = 4 March |year_end = 1544 |year_exile_start =  |year_exile_end =  |event1 = Mayapan rule |date_event1 = ca. 1250 |event2 = Spanish conquest |date_event2 = 1527–1544 |event3 = |date_event3 = |event4 = |date_event4 = |event5 = |date_event5 = |event6 = |date_event6 = |event_pre =  |date_pre = |event_post =  |date_post =  |p1 = Lamanai |p2 = Altun Ha |s1 = Viceroyalty of New Spain |image_flag =  |flag_alt =  |image_flag2 =  |flag_alt2 =  |flag =  |flag2 =  |flag_type =  |flag2_type =  |image_coat = XJYms101.svg |coa_size = 200px |coat_alt = Emblem glyph of Altun Ha |symbol_type = Emblem glyph of Altun Ha |symbol_type_article =  |image_map = Province of Chetumal map|300px |image_map_alt = Map of the Province of Chetumal created in 1957 by Ralph L. Roys, showing present settlements and known former settlements within the province, obtained via HathiTrust |image_map_caption = Map of the Province of Chetumal {{small|/ known former and present settlements marked / 1957 map by R. L. Roys / via HathiTrust}} |image_map2 =  |image_map2_alt = |image_map2_caption = |capital = Chichen Itza; Mayapan; Chetumal |capital_exile =  |national_motto = |national_anthem = |common_languages = Yucatecan Mayan |religion = Maya polytheism; Cult of Kukulkan |demonym = |currency =  |leader1 = Ah Xiu Xupan (''last'') |leader2 = |leader3 = |leader4 = |leader21 = |year_leader1 = ca. 1441-1446 |year_leader2 = |year_leader3 = |year_leader4 = |year_leader21 = |title_leader = King |representative1 = Nachan Kan (''last'') |representative2 = |representative3 = |representative4 = |representative5 = |year_representative1 = ca. 1514–1544 |year_representative2 = |year_representative3 = |year_representative4 = |year_representative5 = |title_representative = Governor |deputy1 =  |deputy2 = |deputy3 = |deputy4 = |year_deputy1 =  |year_deputy2 = |year_deputy3 = |year_deputy4 = |title_deputy =   |legislature =  |house1 =  |type_house1 =  |house2 =  |type_house2 =   |stat_year1 =  |stat_area1 =  |stat_pop1 =  |stat_year2 = |stat_area2 = |stat_pop2 = |stat_year3 = |stat_area3 = |stat_pop3 = |stat_year4 = |stat_area4 = |stat_pop4 = |stat_year5 = |stat_area5 = |stat_pop5 = |today = Belize; Mexico |footnote_a =  |footnote_b =  |footnote_h =  |footnotes =  }} '''Chetumal''', or the '''Province of Chetumal''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|tS|E|t|U|ˈ|m|A:|l}} {{respell|che|tuu|MAHL}}, {{small|Yucatec Mayan:}} {{lang|yua|u kuchkabal Chetumal}}, {{IPA|myn|u kutʃkaˈbal tʃetuˈmal}}), was a Postclassic Maya state of the Yucatan Peninsula, in the Maya Lowlands.{{sfn|Oxford University Press|2021 }}{{sfn|Barrera Vásquez|Bastarrachea Manzano|Brito Sansores|Vermont Salas|1980|pp=91, 344 }}<ref group="note">The Yucatecan Mayan orthography in this article follows that of {{harvnb|Barrera Vásquez|Bastarrachea Manzano|Brito Sansores|Vermont Salas|Dzul Góngora|Dzul Poot|1980|pp=41a–44a }}. At least two other orthographic systems exist {{harv|Lehmann|2018|loc=sec. 2.1, 3 }}, neither of which is used in this article. Accordingly, ''kuchkabal'', and ''Chetumal'' and its synonym ''Chakte'mal'' are preferred over several variations thereof, per {{harvnb|Barrera Vásquez|Bastarrachea Manzano|Brito Sansores|Vermont Salas|Dzul Góngora|Dzul Poot|1980|pp=91, 344 }}.</ref><ref group="note">Various dates for periods of the Mesoamerican chronology have been given. This article uses those provided by {{harvnb|Sharer|Traxler|2006|p=98 }}— * Lithic – 8000 BC and prior dates, * Archaic – 8000 to 2000 BC, * Preclassic – 2000 BC to 250 AD, * Classic – 250 to 900 AD, and * Postclassic – 900 AD and posterior dates. Furthermore, dates prior to 12 October 1492 constitute the pre-Columbian era, and all others the Columbian era. </ref><ref group="note">The Chetumal Province has been called a ''chiefdom'' by some authors. A distinction has been made, however, between ''chiefdoms'' and ''states'', the latter being characterised by more complex forms of sociopolitical organisation than the former ({{harvnb|Sharer|Traxler|2006|p=73 }}, {{harvnb|Rice|2004|pp=4–7 }}). Accordingly, the province is herein designated a state, and not a chiefdom. </ref>

== History ==

=== Pre-Columbian ===

==== Prior to Classic collapse ====

The first settlements in Chetumal were established by Palaeo-indians before 8000 BC, during the Lithic Period of Mesoamerica.<ref group="note">As of 2016, evidence of Palaeo-indian presence in Chetumal include— (i) an undated, fishtail projectile point recovered near present-day Orange Walk {{harv|Stemp|Awe|Helmke|2016|pp=71–72 }}, (ii) an undated, lanceolate projectile point recovered from August Pine Ridge {{harv|Stemp|Awe|Helmke|2016|pp=71–72 }}. </ref> The first ''permanent'' settlements in Chetumal are believed to have been established by Maya farmers from the Guatemalan highlands by 2000 BC, during the Archaic period of Mesoamerica.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021|reason=Doesn't seem controversial but best have a source for this claim }} The first state or province encompassing Maya settlements in Chetumal is presumed to have been formed by 100 AD, during the Late Preclassic period of Mesoamerica.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021|reason=Doesn't seem controversial but best have a source for this claim }}

==== Proximal to Classic collapse ====

thumb|Ruins of Chichen Itza in 2005, by Claude Belair

The completion of the Classic Maya collapse in Yucatan saw both the formation of Maya provinces and the imperial expansion of Chichen Itza over these provinces, or their constituent cities.{{sfn|Roys|1957|p=3 }}{{sfn|Rice|2004|p=24 }}{{sfn|Sharer|Traxler|2006|p=569 }}{{sfn|Demarest|Rice|Rice|2004|pp=531–533, 537–542 }}<ref group="note">It is not clear whether Chichen Itza's expansion across Yucatan came before, during, or after the formation of Postclassic Maya provinces {{harv|Roys|1957|p=3 }}. </ref> The collapse does not seem to have been catastrophic in the (future) territory of Chetumal.{{sfn|Aimers|2007|pp=342–343 }}{{sfn|Demarest|Rice|Rice|2004|pp=367, 371–372 }} At least twenty-five settlements in the area are known to have survived, most likely by reorienting economic activity towards the Chichen Itza-driven coasting trade.{{sfn|Aimers|2007|p=343 }}{{sfn|Demarest|Rice|Rice|2004|pp=371–372 }}<ref group="note">Namely– # on New River – Cerros, Aventura, Lamanai, San Estevan, Chau Hiix, and one unnamed site ({{harvnb|Aimers|2007|p=343 }}, {{harvnb|Demarest|Rice|Rice|2004|pp=378, 402 }}), # on Hondo River – Nohmul, Consejo, Chan Chen, San Antonio {{harv|Aimers|2007|p=343 }}, # on Corozal Bay – Santa Rita ({{harvnb|Aimers|2007|p=343 }}, {{harvnb|Demarest|Rice|Rice|2004|p=378 }}), # inland – Altun Ha, Colha, Honey Camp Lagoon / Laguna de On, Kichpanha ({{harvnb|Aimers|2007|p=343 }}, {{harvnb|Demarest|Rice|Rice|2004|p=378 }}), # on Ambergris Caye – Marco Gonzalez, San Juan, Chac Balam {{harv|Aimers|2007|p=343 }}, # on Northern River Lagoon – Cabbage Ridge / Saktunja {{harv|Demarest|Rice|Rice|2004|p=368 }}, # on Progresso Lagoon – Caye Coco, and five unnamed sites {{harv|Demarest|Rice|Rice|2004|pp=368–370 }}. </ref> There is, nonetheless, evidence of limited social upheaval.<ref group="note">Namely– # Colha is thought to have been attacked and thereafter settled by northern polities, (patterns in its Postclassic material culture have been described as "totally different from those of the Classic period") ({{harvnb|Aimers|2007|pp=343–344 }}, {{harvnb|Demarest|Rice|Rice|2004|pp=375, 378 }}), # Nohmul is thought to have been attacked and thereafter settled by northern polities ({{harvnb|Aimers|2007|p=344 }}, {{harvnb|Demarest|Rice|Rice|2004|p=390 }}), # mass executions of the local aristocracy have been suggested {{harv|Aimers|2007|p=344 }}. </ref>

Chichen Itza, established by Itza settlers in circa 750–800 AD, was the most powerful city-state in the Yucatan peninsula until circa 1050–1100 AD.{{sfn|Sharer|Traxler|2006|pp=559, 568 }}{{sfn|Aimers|2007|p=339 }}{{sfn|Demarest|Rice|Rice|2004|pp=520–521, 561–562 }}<ref group="note">The city is known to have been conquered or sacked towards circa 1050–1100 AD {{harv|Sharer|Traxler|2006|pp=591–592 }}. Later Columbian-period accounts hold that Hunak Ke'el, ruler of Mayapan, conquered Chichen Itza, thereby cementing his city's rule over the latter's dominions ({{harvnb|Sharer|Traxler|2006|p=592 }}, {{harvnb|Barrera Vásquez|Bastarrachea Manzano|Brito Sansores|Vermont Salas|Dzul Góngora|Dzul Poot|1980|p=247 }}). </ref><ref group="note">At least three other dates proximal to the 1050–1100 AD date have been suggested for the end of Chichen Itza's dominance over the Yucatan peninsula– # 1000–1050 AD {{harv|Demarest|Rice|Rice|2004|p=520 }}, # 1100–1200 AD {{harv|Demarest|Rice|Rice|2004|p=520 }}, # 1200–1250 AD {{harv|Roys|1957|p=3 }}. </ref> It appears to have started a sustained, and successful, programme of conquest in circa 900 AD, resulting in the formation of various provinces, possibly or likely including Chetumal.{{sfn|Sharer|Traxler|2006|p=569 }}{{sfn|Roys|1957|p=3 }}{{sfn|Demarest|Rice|Rice|2004|pp=531–533, 537–542 }}<ref group="note">Said conquest most likely extended at least throughout central Yucatan {{harv|Sharer|Traxler|2006|p=568}}. It has been further suggested that the city-state established direct rule, whether by conquest or the threat thereof, over key ports in the coasting trade which circumnavigated Yucatan, from the Chontalpa region to the Bay Islands {{harv|Sharer|Traxler|2006|pp=567, 570 }}. One of these may have been Nohmul in Chetumal, where a colonnaded courtyard building, apparently styled after those of Chichen Itza, has been excavated {{harv|Sharer|Traxler|2006|p=579 }}. </ref>

==== Posterior to Classic collapse ====

thumb|Ruins of Mayapan in 2010, by Pavel Vorobiev

Mayapan succeeded Chichen Itza as the most powerful city-state in Yucatan during ''k'atun 8 ahaw'', equivalent either to 1080–1104 AD, or to 1185–1204 AD. Its rule lasted thirteen ''k'atuno'ob'', thereby ending either during 1392–1416 AD, or 1441–1461 AD.{{sfn|Sharer|Traxler|2006|pp=595–598, 603 }}<ref group="note">Various Columbian-period accounts detail Mayapan's history during these thirteen ''k'atuno'ob''. However, two ''k'atuno'ob'' were in use then— (i) the Classical ''k'atun'' of 7,200 days (circa 19.713 tropical years), and (ii) a later ''ahaw k'atun'' of circa 24 tropical years. This has resulted in much uncertainty regarding Mayapan's chronology {{harv|Sharer|Traxler|2006|pp=596–597 }}. </ref><ref group="note">It has been suggested the rise of Mayapan was preceded by a breakdown of the peninsular coasting trade {{harv|Demarest|Rice|Rice|2004|p=375 }}. </ref>

During circa 1450 to 1500 AD, Pachimalahix I, fifth ruler of the Acalan, led a military force to the Chetumal capital, and exacted tribute.{{sfn|Roys|1957|p=162 }}{{sfn|Scholes|Roys|1968|pp=79, 82, 85 }}<ref group="note">The Acalan were an ostracised group from Cozumel who settled the Tenosique valley on the Usumacinta River. This event is tentatively dated to during 1350 to 1375 by {{harvnb|Scholes|Roys|1968|p=79 }}, upon the following calculus— (i) a six-generation pedigree of Acalan rulers ranging from the date of their expulsion from Cozumel to the death of their sixth ruler in circa 1526, (ii) a 30-year period-in-office per ruler {{harv|Scholes|Roys|1968|p=89 }}. This places the fifth ruler's time in office during circa 1465 to 1496. </ref> Further details on this event remain obscure, though given the reputed commercial pre-eminence of the provincial capital at the time, it has been suggested that Pachimalahix I rather raided the city to settle trade-related damages, rather than actually having exacted tribute.{{sfn|Scholes|Roys|1968|pp=82, 85 }}

=== Columbian ===

==== First contacts with Spaniards ====

The first Spaniard known to have arrived in Chetumal was Gonzalo Guerrero, a sailor from Palos de la Frontera, Spain. In 1514, Guerrero entered the civil or military service in Chetumal. He was likely gifted to Gov. Kan as a slave by a ''batab'' or mayor from the Ekab Province.{{sfn|Jones|1989|p=27 }}<ref group="note">The Ekab Province seems to have lacked a ''halach winik'' or governor, and was likely rather organised as a confederation of towns. It has been suggested that the Pat ''ch'ibal'' or noble house were the most influential in the province {{harv|Roys|1957|p=143 }}. </ref> By 1519, Guerrero had fully assimilated to Maya culture, having married Gov. Kan's daughter and fathered three children with her. Guerrero would thereafter devise or at least contribute to the military strategy of Chetumal and other Maya states against at least three Spanish entradas.{{sfn|González Hernández|2018|loc=para. 1, 5–9}}

Three events pre-dating the 1514 arrival of Guerrero to Chetumal have been proposed as marking the first contact by residents of Chetumal with Spaniards: * The 1511 arrival of Guerrero and his marooned shipmates to Cozumel{{sfn|González Hernández|2018|loc=para. 4–5}}<ref group="note">{{harvnb|Jones|1989|p=27 }} gives their arrival date as 1512. </ref> * The 1508 voyage of Solís and Pinzón to Lake Izabal{{sfn|Varela Marcos|2018a|loc=para. 8–16}}{{sfn|Varela Marcos|2018b|loc=para. 33–41}}{{sfn|Arranz Márquez|2018|loc=para. 12–20}} * The 1502 voyage by Christopher Columbus to Guanaja

Maya settlements near Cozumel, Lake Izabal, and Guanaja are known to have been part of the riverine and coastal trading networks of merchants in Chetumal. Any knowledge of non-Indian people obtained by the former is thus presumed to have been passed on to the latter. It has further been suggested that the Ekab Province may have been allied with Chetumal.{{sfn|Jones|1989|p=27 }}

==== Cuban expeditions to Yucatan ====

Hispano-Maya hostilities commenced on 5 March 1517 in Cape Catoche, when an expeditionary force led by Francisco Hernández de Córdoba was ambushed by the military or militia of the Ekab Province, near that state's eponymous capital. The Hernández expedition were similarly received by neighbouring Maya polities, thereby foiling the expedition's pecuniary aims. {{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=11–12 }}<ref group="note">Antón de Alamilla, chief pilot of the flotilla of 3 ships and over 100 men, seems to have convinced Hernández de Córdoba to sail directly westwards of Cuba, thereby taking them to the Ekab Province. (The expedition's initial destination was apparently either the Bahamas or the Bay Islands.) Alamilla had sailed with Christopher Columbus on his fourth voyage of 1502–1504 {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|p=11 }}. </ref>

The expeditionaries' reports of grand Maya cities would nonetheless spur further Cuban expeditions to Yucatan, including a 1518 trading and reconnoitering voyage by Juan de Grijalva and another in 1519 by Hernán Cortés, the latter of which quickly morphed into the 1519–1521 Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire and the 1519–1521 smallpox epidemic.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=13–15 }}<ref group="note">The Grijalva expedition, of 4 ships and 250–300 men, and the Cortés one, of 10 ships and circa 400 men, were piloted by Antón de Alamilla, and included Pedro de Alvarado, Alonso Dávila, and Francisco de Montejo as principal subordinates. The former's survey of Laguna de Términos led to a mistaken belief that Yucatan was an island {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|pp=13–15 }}. </ref> The epidemic is presumed to have affected Chetumal severely. The reports likewise prompted the Governor of Cuba, who had commissioned the Hernández expedition, to petition and be granted letter patent authorising his conquest of the Maya states on behalf of the Charles I of Spain. The newly minted adelantado, however, did not proceed with the conquest of Yucatan.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|p=16 }}

==== Montejo entrada, 1527–1528 ====

On 8 December 1526, the Salamancan conquistador Francisco de Montejo, who had participated in the Grijalva and Cortés expeditions from Cuba, was granted letters patent for the conquest of Yucatan and Cozumel by Charles I of Spain. Unlike Gov. Velázquez, former holder of the patent, Montejo promptly undertook the called-for conquest.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=19 }}{{sfn|García Bernal|2018|loc=para. 13–14 }}<ref group="note">The petition was formally made on 16 November 1526, and supported Pánfilo de Narváez and Antonio de Sedeño. His letters patent required that the conquest begin within a year {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|pp=19–20, 22 }}. </ref>

The adelantado named his close colleague, Alonso Dávila, likewise a participant in the Grijalva and Cortés expeditions from Cuba, the principal lieutenant for his entrada.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|p=30 }} They engaged 4 ships and over 250 men in Seville, from where they embarked in late June 1527, landing in Cozumel in late September 1527.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=31–35 }}{{sfn|García Bernal|2018|loc=para. 15 }}<ref group="note">The ships were— (i) the ''San Jerónimo'', Miguel Ferrer master, (ii) ''Nicolasa'', Ochoa master, (iii) ''La Gavarra'', master not named, and (iv) a fourth unnamed ship, master likewise not named. The adelantado's principal subordinates were Alonso Dávila, Antón Sánchez Calabrés, Pedro de los Ríos, Pedro de Añasco, Pedro de Lugones, Pedro González, Hernando Palomino, Pedro Gaitán, and possibly Andrés de Calleja and Roberto Alemán. Crown representatives Pedro de Luna and Hernando de Cueto accompanied the expedition, as did frays Juan Rodríguez de Caraveo, Pedro Fernández, and Gregorio de San Martín. The flotilla was thoroughly refitted at Santo Domingo {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|pp=31–35 }}. </ref>

===== Northern campaign, autumn 1527 – summer 1528 =====

They watered in Cozumel for a few days, upon their warm reception by residents and Naum Pat, an influential ''batab'' or mayor in Cozumel, and thereafter proceeded to the mainland.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|p=35–36 }}<ref group="note">It has been suggested that the Pat ''ch'ibal'' or noble house were the most influential house in the Ekab Province, which is thought to have encompassed Cozumel {{harv|Roys|1957|p=143 }}. At least two towns are known to have existed in Cozumel prior to the Spanish conquest. These were later known as San Miguel Xamancab and Santa María Oycib. A third town, possibly Tantun, has been suggested {{harv|Roys|1957|p=155 }}. </ref> They explored the immediate area, being well received by the nearby towns of Xelha and Zama, and founded a settlement, christened ''Salamanca'', in October 1527.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|p=36 }} Their substantial demands for foodstuffs soon grew irksome to locals, upon which Salamanca saw their supplies dwindle.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=39–40 }} In late 1527 or early 1528, after a trying period of near-famine and disease, the Spanish moved northwards.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=40–41 }} With Naum Pat's intercession, they were well received throughout the Ekab Province.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=45–47 }}<ref group="note">The Spanish chanced upon Naum Pat at Xamanha, and readily accepted his offer of diplomatic aid {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|pp=45–46 }}. Good will was further maintained by the fluency in Yucatecan Mayan of some officers and friars, fine displays of horsemanship, and strict discipline. Note that horses inspired awe and terror in the locals, the latter being unaccustomed to the former {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|pp=46–48 }}. </ref> They entered Chauaka, capital of the Chikinchel Province, in spring of 1528.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=49–51 }} A battle ensued, which Montejo won, thereby forcing Chikinchel to sue for peace.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=52–53 }} They next headed to Ake, where the Battle of Ake was likewise won by Montejo, after which they headed back to Salamanca, reaching it mid- or late summer 1528.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=54–58 }}<ref group="note">Their traverse may have involved engagements with the military or militia of the Sotuta and Kupul Provinces {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|p=58 }}. </ref> Here, they were provisioned from Santo Domingo, whereupon they embarked on a combined entrada by land and sea southwards.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=59–60 }}

===== Southern campaign, summer 1528 =====

Montejo was to hug the coast with eight to ten men aboard the brigantine or caravel ''La Gavarra''. Dávila was to take a parallel route by land, with the majority of the soldiers.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|p=60 }}{{sfn|Jones|1989|p=26 }} <ref group="note">A small contingent of twenty men stayed at Salamanca, under Alonso de Luján. They were to build a small craft and follow Montejo post haste {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|p=60 }}. It is not immediately clear how many men constituted the Dávila party. The ''La Gavarra'', which provisioned the men from Santo Domingo, is thought to have found seventy to seventy-five men at Salamanca, suggesting a party of fifty to fifty-five men accompanied Dávila southwards {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|pp=59–60 }}. On the other hand, {{harvnb|Jones|1989|p=26 }} gives the number as circa forty soldiers in the Dávila party. </ref> The provincial capital of Chetumal, which had been set as the parties' rendezvous point, was first reached by Montejo.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|p=60 }}<ref group="note">The details of their crossing the barrier reef, and of their navigating its inner waters, are not clear, though this was apparently accomplished with their brig, the ''La Guevarra'', rather than with a much smaller craft of lower draught {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|pp=60–61, 63 }}. </ref> Unsure of the reception awaiting them, Montejo and his men kidnapped three or four residents under the cover of darkness to gather intelligence. Upon learning of Guerrero, now the ''nakom'' or commander-in-chief of the capital's forces, Montejo dispatched one of the captives to the former, inviting the commander to break ranks and join the Spanish conquest. This being summarily spurned, the capital was prepared for battle.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=61–63 }} The commander's strategy was apparently to keep the Dávila and Montejo parties separated.<ref group="note">Chetumal seems to have known of the Dávila party in advance, though it is not clear that they similarly knew of the Montejo party until the adelantado's note to Guerrero. Dávila was at present thirty leagues north of the capital {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|pp=62–63 }}. </ref> Guides were or had been sent, under pretence of alliance, to lead Dávila west of the capital, and thereafter inform him that the Montejo party had been lost. {{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=63–64 }} The greater threat thus despatched, the capital turned towards Montejo. Feigning good will, residents ministered to Montejo and his men, and further informed the adelantado that the Dávila party had all perished. This bluff likewise worked, and the adelantado promptly set sail south towards Ulua River, and then back north towards Salamanca.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=64–65 }}{{sfn|Jones|1989|p=28 }} Montejo soon discovered the ruse, and determined to gather reinforcements at Veracruz for a renewed offensive on Chetumal.<ref group="note">Salamanca had been removed north towards Xamanha by Dávila and Lujan. The Chetumal capital seems to have been determined as the immediate target due to its exceedingly good harbour {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|pp=64–65 }}. </ref> He most likely set sail for that city in summer 1528.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|p=65 }}<ref group="note">By December 1528, Montejo and his ''alférez mayor'', Gonzalo Nieto, had engaged sufficient men, provisions, and two large vessels in Veracruz and Mexico City for a renewed campaign {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|pp=69–70 }}. These plans were abruptly upset, however, when the adelantado received the Real Audiencia of Mexico's authorisation to conquer the Tabasco and Acalan regions of New Spain {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|pp=71–72 }}. </ref>

==== Davila entrada, 1531–1533 ====

In early 1531, the adelantado, having brought the Chakan, Can Pech, and Ah Canul Provinces under Spanish authority, promptly set about planning a renewed campaign towards Chetumal.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=97–99 }} Alonso Dávila was appointed to lead the expedition of circa fifty men.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|p=99 }}{{sfn|Jones|1989|p=30 }}<ref group="note">Dávila's men included the adelantado's fifteen-year-old nephew, Francisco de Montejo, and thirteen cavalry. In addition, two Yucatecan Mayan interpreters, a mining expert (Francisco Vázquez), and possibly a friar accompanied them {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|p=100 }}. </ref>

===== Waymil–Chetumal campaign, summer 1531 =====

Dávila set out from the provincial capital of Can Pech in mid-1531.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|p=100 }}{{sfn|Jones|1989|p=30 }} They marched through the Mani and Cochuah Provinces unopposed, shortly thereafter reaching Chable, a town in the Waymil Province.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=100–101 }} Pre-eminent individuals in town promptly offered assistance, and were despatched to the provincial capital of Bacalar to summon the ''batab'' or mayor.<ref group="note">It has been suggested that this assistance was compelled by force of arms, rather than freely proffered {{harv|Jones|1989|p=30 }}. </ref> The summons being rebuffed, Dávila marched on, leaving half of his men in Chable.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=101–102 }}{{sfn|Jones|1989|pp=30–31 }}<ref group="note">The ''batab'' or mayor of Bacalar was apparently under the authority of the Governor of Chetumal, Nachan Kan. (The Waymil Province seems to have lacked a ''halach winik'' or governor, and was likely rather organised as a confederation of towns, per {{harvnb|Jones|1989|p=40 }}.) Notably, his reply to Dávila's summons declared that Waymil or Chetumal would give his men "[tribute of] fowls in the form of their [the locals'] lances and maize in the form of their arrows" {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|pp=101–102 }}. This reply is rather attributed to Gov. Kan by {{harvnb|Jones|1989|pp=30–31 }}, who quotes the governor as stating that he would not come meet Dávila "but would rather declare war, giving [them] the chickens on spears and the maize on arrows." </ref><ref group="note">{{harvnb|Jones|1989|pp=30–31 }} asserts that mediators from Chable were rather despatched to the capital of Chetumal, to summon Gov. Kan, and not the Waymil capital of Bacalar, since the former held authority over the latter, thereby making him the more suitable person for Dávila to deal with. The Chable messengers would have nonetheless passed Bacalar en route to Chetumal {{harv|Jones|1989|p=31 }}. </ref> They next reached Maçanahau, a large town close to Lake Bacalar. Being well received, Dávila and his men stayed here for three weeks, during which time the diplomatic aid of leading individuals from various provincial towns seems to have convinced the ''batab'' or mayor of Bacalar to not oppose the entrada.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|p=102 }}{{sfn|Jones|1989|p=31 }}<ref group="note">Leading residents of Chable, who had previously proffered assistance upon Dávila's arrival, had accompanied the reduced expedition to Maçanahau. Dávila had further received offers of mediation from respected residents of Maçanahau and Yuyumpeten, a nearby town {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|p=102 }}. </ref> Consequently, the party continued their march to Bacalar unopposed. An overland march to Chetumal, Dávila soon found out, was not possible. Sea transport on several large canoes was thus arranged.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|p=103 }}{{sfn|Jones|1989|pp=31–32 }} They disembarked at Chetumal unopposed, as the capital had been deserted. Nevertheless, per his instructions, Dávila decided to found a town in Chetumal. The rest of the party, who had been left in Chable, were called for, and the new settlement at Chetumal christened ''Villa Real''.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|p=103 }}{{sfn|Jones|1989|pp=32–33 }}<ref group="note">The adelantado had instructed Dávila to establish a Spanish settlement wherever Dávila thought best. The new town would apparently serve to administer the Cochuah, Waymil and Chetumal Provinces, once these were all under Spanish rule. One of the founding ''regidores'' or councilmen of ''Villa Real'' was Montejo, the young nephew of the eponymous adelantado {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|p=103 }}. The ''alcaldes'' or mayors were Martín de Villarubia and Francisco Vázquez, and the remaining ''regidores'' were Cristóbal Cisneros, Blas Maldonado, and Alonso de Arévalo {{harv|Jones|1989|p=38 }}. </ref>

===== Settlement and siege of ''Villa Real'', summer 1531 – autumn 1532 =====

In the next two months, the Governor of Chetumal, Nachan Kan, rallied the provincial forces at Chequitaquil, a coastal town four leagues north of the capital. On learning this, Dávila ordered a pre-emptive strike. A unit of circa twenty-five soldiers took the encampment by surprise. The assault was a partial success, resulting in the death of many of the provinces men, imprisonment of over sixty, and dispersal of all others. The principal target, Gov. Kan, had nonetheless made his escape.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|p=104 }}{{sfn|Jones|1989|p=33 }}<ref group="note">The assault yielded over sixty prisoners and loot worth circa 600 to 1,000 pesos. The capital's commander-in-chief, Gonzalo Guerrero, is presumed to have been with Gov. Kan at Chequitaquil, and to have likewise escaped. The captives, however, informed Dávila that Guerrero had previously died ({{harvnb|Chamberlain|1948|pp=104–105 }}, {{harvnb|Jones|1989|p=33 }}). </ref>

Now safely ensconced at the Chetumal capital (now ''Villa Real''), Dávila set out with twenty men on a survey of the newly-Spanish territory towards Maçanahau. Upon reaching Bacalar, Dávila, to his great surprise, was informed that residents of Maçanahau and other provincial towns of Waymil had resolved to oppose him. The towns and their access roads had been barricaded. The opposition, though, was soon routed.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=105–106 }}{{sfn|Jones|1989|p=34 }}<ref group="note">First at Maçanahau, then at Chable {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|pp=105–106 }}. </ref> In the meantime, the recently conquered Cochuah Province had revolted. Dávila resupplied at Villa Real and set off with twenty-two men to suppress the revolt.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=107–108 }}{{sfn|Jones|1989|pp=34–36 }}<ref group="note">Leaving some twenty-odd men at Villa Real. At Bacalar, some 600 locals from the various towns of Waymil, including many provincial or municipal officers, accompanied Dávila to Cochuah {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|pp=107–108 }}. Some to most of the Waymil allies would later desert Dávila to join the Cochuah revolt {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|pp=109–110 }}. It has been suggested that the Governor of Chetumal, Nachan Kan, and his commander-in-chief, Gonzalo Guerrero, played a part in spreading the revolt {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|p=116 }}. </ref> Unlike the limited rebellion in Waymil, the Cochuah revolt proved serious and widespread, forcing Dávila to retreat to Villa Real.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=112–113, 116 }}{{sfn|Jones|1989|pp=36–38 }} The Spanish settlement was now under heavy siege. With only some thirty men fit for combat, five horses, and depleting stores, their situation was precarious.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=116–117 }}{{sfn|Jones|1989|p=33 }}<ref group="note">Eleven of the fifty-odd men who had set out from the Can Pech capital in mid-1531 had died, leaving some forty men at Villa Real, of whom ten were reportedly maimed {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|pp=116–117 }}. </ref>

Dávila soon learnt of a sizeable convoy preparing to set sail near Villa Real for trade towards the Ulua River. He had the merchants and their articles seized.<ref group="note">By a small party, led by Martín de Villarubia ({{harvnb|Chamberlain|1948|p=117 }}, {{harvnb|Jones|1989|p=38 }}). </ref> Since his prisoners included the son of the ''batab'' or mayor of Tapaen, a provincial town in Waymil, Dávila kept the son hostage and despatched two merchants to summon the mayor, who promptly called. The mayor was given a month to secure communication with the adelantado in the capital of the Can Pech Province, and promised his son in return. Believing his son would be released regardless, the mayor dallied. Upon learning of the mayor's ill faith, Dávila had him and his retinue tortured.<ref group="note">The mayor had been summoned to Villa Real upon the expiration of the month he had been given {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|p=117 }}. </ref> To prove "whether the son had more love for the father, than the father had for the son," Dávila now despatched the mayor's son to the adelantado in Can Pech, keeping the mayor hostage.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|p=117 }} This arrangement also faltered.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=117–118 }}<ref group="note">The mayor's son had also been given a month to secure the adelantado's reply. When said time was up, Dávila had led a detachment to Tapaen, where he was informed by captives that the mayor's son had made no attempt to reach the Can Pech capital {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|p=118 }}. </ref>

===== Retreat from ''Villa Real'', autumn 1532 – spring 1533 =====

The siege wore on for months, as it became increasingly clear to the men that the situation was untenable.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|p=118 }} In autumn 1532, Dávila and the ''cabildo'' or town council resolved to retreat to Trujillo by sea.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=119–120 }}{{sfn|Jones|1989|pp=38–39 }}<ref group="note">''Villa Real'' was to be re-established somewhere south of the Chetumal capital, if possible {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|pp=119–120 }}. </ref> They reached Puerto Caballos in spring 1533, after an arduous journey of seven months.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=120–124 }}{{sfn|Jones|1989|p=39 }}<ref group="note">The retreat, aboard thirty-two canoes, was led by (captive) local merchants. Though swift and surreptitious, locals learnt of the retreat, and unsuccessfully pursued the Spanish for a day {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|pp=120–121 }}. Dávila and his men, despite the able guidance of their captive merchants, sailed only six to seven leagues each day, constantly fighting a treacherous sea. Raids on riverine settlements, and craft and goods seized from travelling merchants, supplemented the Spaniards' stores {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|pp=122–124 }}. </ref>

==== Pacheco entrada, 1543–1544 ==== {{main article|1543–1544 Pachecos entrada}}

In April 1543, the Adelantado commissioned Gaspar Pacheco to conquer Chetumal and Waymil. Pacheco enlisted twenty-five to thirty men in Merida, and named Melchor Pacheco his principal subordinate, and Alonso Pacheco third in command.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|p=232 }}<ref group="note">The date is given as 3 January 1543 in {{harvnb|Jones|1989|p=41 }}. </ref> The expedition set out in late 1543 or early 1544.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=232–233 }}

Pacheco and his men first reached the Spanish-controlled Cochuah Province. Their demands on the war-stricken residents here proved impossible to meet. The party nonetheless impressed men and women as servants, and seized so much food as to reduce the province to famine.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|p=233 }} At this point, having fallen ill, Gaspar Pacheco tasked Melchor Pacheco, his second-in-command, with the conquest of Waymil and Chetumal.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|p=233 }}{{sfn|Jones|1989|p=42 }}<ref group="note">Gaspar Pacheco returned to Merida to recuperate. Alonso Pacheco was now Melchor Pacheco's principal subordinate {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|p=233 }}. </ref>

Marching onwards to Waymil and Chetumal, the Pachecos soon discovered that residents had burnt their crops and fled to the woods, determined on guerrilla warfare to oppose them.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|p=233–234 }} Exasperated, the Pachecos now resorted to wanton acts of cruelty, including: * clubbing captives to death, * drowning captives, * sicking dogs on unarmed civilians, and allowing the dogs to maul them to death, and * mutilating captives.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|p=234 }}<ref group="note">It has been suggested that Melchor Pacheco's second-in-command, Alonso Pacheco, was the officer most responsible for these acts {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|p=234 }}. The lack of clergymen in the expedition has further been cited as a contributing factor {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|p=234 }}. </ref><ref group="note">The Pacheco entrada is now commonly described as one of, if not the, bloodiest and cruelest campaigns in the Spanish conquest of Yucatan ({{harvnb|Chamberlain|1948|p=233 }}, {{harvnb|Jones|1989|p=42 }}). On 10 February 1548, Franciscan Fray Lorenzo de Bienvenida described it to Charles I of Spain thus–<blockquote>Nero was not more cruel than this man [Alonso Pacheco]. He passed forward [from the Cochuah Province] and reached a province called Chetumal, which was at peace. Even though the natives did not make war, he robbed the province and consumed the foodstuffs of the natives, who fled into the bush in fear of the Spaniards, since as soon as [A. Pacheco] captured any of them, he set the dogs on them. And the Indians fled from all this and did not sow their crops, and all died of hunger. I say all, because there were towns [in Chetumal] of five hundred and one thousand houses, and now [10 Feb. 1548] one which has one hundred is large. This province [of Chetumal] was also rich in cacao. This captain [A. Pacheco], with his own hands committed outrages: he killed many with the ''garrote'', saying, "This is a good rod with which to punish these people," and, after he had killed them, he said, "Oh how well I finished them off." Tying them to stakes, he cut the breasts off many women, and hands, noses, and ears off the men, and he tied squashes to the feet of women and threw them in the lakes to drown merely to amuse himself. He committed other great cruelties which I shall not mention for lack of space. He destroyed the entire province. [Then the Spaniards] founded a town of eight ''vecinos'', which is called Salamanca, a halting town which has neither a cleric nor a church, nor do the Spaniards there confess, since the town is sixty leagues from this city [of Merida]. If [the Chetumal Province] had not been destroyed it would have supported [a town of] thirty men [''vecinos'']. And for his cruelties they [the ''cabildo'' of Merida] returned this captain [A. Pacheco] to the province which he destroyed and gave him its best Indians, and in doing this they did not give him something which was of small value. Such is the justice rendered in this land. {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|p=235 }}. </blockquote> (Fray Bienvenida established a mission in Bacalar in circa 1546, and may have stayed there for about a year {{harv|Jones|1989|pp=42–43}}.) In circa 1566 in Relación de las cosas de Yucatán, Bishop Diego de Landa similarly reported–<blockquote>The Indians of the provinces of Cochua and Chetuma revolted, the Spaniards pacified them in such a way, that these provinces which were formerly the thickest settled and the most populous, remained the most desolate of all the country; committing upon them unheard-of cruelties, cutting off noses, arms and legs, and the breasts of women; throwing them into deep lagoons with gourds tied to their feet; stabbing the little children because they did not walk as fast as their mothers; and if those whom they drove along, chained together around the neck, fell sick or did not move along as fast as the others they cut off their heads between the others, so as not to stop and untie them. With like inhuman treatment as this did they drag along in their train for their service a large number of male and female captives. And it is said the Don Francisco de Montejo did not commit any of these barbarities nor was he present at them. On the contrary they seemed very evil to him, but he could do nothing more. {{harv|Jones|1989|pp=43, 301 }} </blockquote> </ref><ref group="note">Criminal charges were brought against the Pachecos for cruelties committed during their entrada. The Spanish Crown further commissioned an enquiry {{harv|Chamberlain|1948|p=236 }}. The ''Adelantado'', Francisco de Montejo, was ultimately held responsible for these and other alleged crimes ({{harvnb|Jones|1989|p=301|loc=no. 23 }}, {{harvnb|García Bernal|2018|loc=para. 24 }}). </ref>

The Spanish thus avoided a war of attrition. By early 1544, local opposition was so inconsequential as to convince the Pachecos to establish a town, christened ''Salamanca'', in the ruins of Bacalar.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|p=234 }}<ref group="note">The date of the founding of ''Salamanca'' is broadly given as prior to the end of 1544 in {{harvnb|Jones|1989|p=43 }}. Its founding ''alcaldes'' or mayors were Alonso and Melchor Pacheco. Its ''regidores'' or councilmen then were Pedro de Avila, Alonso Hernández, and Juan Farfán {{harv|Jones|1989|p=44 }}. </ref> The victory proved pyrrhic, as the entrada resulted in very significant depopulation of the Waymil and Chetumal Provinces, thereby ensuring the permanent poverty of ''Salamanca''.{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=235–236 }}{{sfn|Jones|1989|pp=5–6, 45 }}

== Society ==

=== Religion ===

thumb|Temple of Kukulkan, at Chichen Itza, in 2013, by Veto Zereptram

Chichen Itza is known to have (coercively) sponsored the pre-eminent worship of K'uk'ulkan.{{sfn|Aimers|2007|pp=339–340 }}<ref group="note">Though the god's introduction to the Maya pantheon likely preceded the arrival of the Itza to Yucatan, via pre-existing trade links with the Aztec civilisation {{harv|Sharer|Traxler|2006|pp=582–583}}. </ref> The Cult of K'uk'ulkan is thought to have been the first state religion to transcend linguistic and ethnic differences in Mesoamerica.{{sfn|Sharer|Traxler|2006|pp=582–583 }} The Cult is believed to have strengthened or been strengthened by the peninsular coasting trade.{{sfn|Demarest|Rice|Rice|2004|p=377 }}

It has been suggested that the province was home to a cult of Itzamna which focussed on the god's connection to large ocean creatures.{{sfn|Nielsen|Andersen|2004|pp=84, 89–92}}<ref group="note">Classical Maya mythology is believed to have held that (i) Earth lay on the back of a large ocean creature, (ii) during the moment of creation, Itzamna set up one of three cosmic hearth stones {{harv|Nielsen|Andersen|2004|p=90|loc=fn. 7}}.</ref> He has featured prominently in material finds from Chetumal which, unusually, frequently depict him emerging from the jaws of sea creatures.{{sfn|Nielsen|Andersen|2004|pp=89, 91}}<ref group="note">The material culture unearthed includes (i) late Postclassic polychrome murals formerly in Santa Rita (not extant, though reasonably complete reproductions survive in {{harvnb|Powell|1900|pp=655–692}}), (ii) at least eight effigy censers recovered from Santa Rita {{harv|Nielsen|Andersen|2004|pp=91–92}}. Significantly, Santa Rita has variously been proposed as the likeliest location of the eponymous capital of the Chetumal Province {{harv|Nielsen|Andersen|2004|p=86}}.</ref>

== Government ==

=== Pre-Columbian ===

Chichen Itza is believed to have been governed either by a ''multepal'' or council of lords, or by a king and a privy council.{{sfn|Sharer|Traxler|2006|pp=580–581 }}{{sfn|Aimers|2007|p=339 }}<ref group="note">That is, the city-state was likely not ruled solely by a king. Despite this, one of Chichen Itza's known rulers, K'ak' u Pakal, may have been a divine king ({{harvnb|Sharer|Traxler|2006|p=581 }}, {{harvnb|Barrera Vásquez|Bastarrachea Manzano|Brito Sansores|Vermont Salas|Dzul Góngora|Dzul Poot|1980|p=367 }}). Furthermore, it has been proposed that ''K'uk'ulkan'' or Feathered Serpent was a title for Chichen Itza's (non-divine) kings ({{harvnb|Sharer|Traxler|2006|p=581 }}, {{harvnb|Barrera Vásquez|Bastarrachea Manzano|Brito Sansores|Vermont Salas|Dzul Góngora|Dzul Poot|1980|p=420 }}. </ref><ref group="note">In the case of rule by a king and privy council, it has been further suggested that the balance of power lay with the council during the city's earlier history, and thereafter lay with the king {{harv|Sharer|Traxler|2006|p=581 }}.</ref> It has been suggested that the city-state's realm was administered as a confederacy of provinces.{{sf|Milbrath|Peraza Lope|2003|p=31 }}

Mayapan is commonly held to have been ruled by a ''multepal'' or council of lords, composed of members from the Canul, Chel, Cocom, Cupul, and Xiu ''ch'ibalo'ob'' or noble houses.{{sfn|Sharer|Traxler|2006|p=601 }}{{sfn|Milbrath|Peraza Lope|2003|p=31 }}{{sfn|Barrera Vásquez|Bastarrachea Manzano|Brito Sansores|Vermont Salas|1980|p=540 }}{{sfn|Aimers|2007|p=338 }}<ref group="note">It has been suggested that, of these five houses, the Xius were initially the pre-eminent one, followed sometime thereafter by the Cocoms {{harv|Sharer|Traxler|2006|p=602 }}. On the other hand, this Xiu–Cocom pre-eminence may have been at least a ''de facto'' monarchy {{harv|Milbrath|Peraza Lope|2003|pp=31–32 }}.</ref> Its realm is believed to have been organised as a confederation of provinces, called the League of Mayapan, each of which was overseen by a ''kalwak'' or governor.{{sfn|Sharer|Traxler|2006|p=602 }}<ref group="note">Governors, though, were apparently required to reside in Mayapan, so it is unclear who exactly delegated for them in provincial capitals {{harv|Sharer|Traxler|2006|p=602 }}. </ref><ref group="note">Later Columbian-period accounts commonly hold the League of Mayapan to have been ruled jointly by Mayapan, Chichen Itza, and Uxmal. Archaeological evidence, however, indicates that the latter cities were virtually deserted during Mayapan's rule {{harv|Sharer|Traxler|2006|p=602 }}</ref>

=== Columbian ===

thumb|Civil organisation of Chetumal towards the Columbian era

Chetumal's form of government as a sovereign province is presumed to have (i) remained significantly the same throughout its sovereign period, and (ii) not been significantly different from that of nearby provinces with a ''halach winik'' or governor, like Ceh Pech, Mani, and Sotuta.{{sfn|Roys|1957|pp=6–7}}

==== State offices ====

Chetumal's head of state and government was the ''halach winik'' or governor, who would also have been the ''batab'' or mayor of the province's eponymous capital.{{sfn|Roys|1957|pp=6–7}} His office and title (''Ahaw'' or Lord) were hereditary, and his rule considered a divine right.<ref group="note">The office passed from father to first-born son (ie primogeniture). In cases when the office passed on to an infant, the former governor's brothers would exercise the office's powers in regency {{harv|Roys|1957|p=6}}.</ref> The office's powers and duties included— # exacting tribute from cities, towns or hamlets, # conscripting men for military service in times of war, # conducting war, # sitting as the highest tribunal for inter-municipal conflicts, # officiating religious ceremonies of state.{{sfn|Roys|1957|pp=6–7}}

At least one of Chetumal's later governors is known to have held authority over at least part of a neighbouring province (Waymil).<ref group="note">The Waymil Province is not known to have had a ''halach winik'' or governor. It may rather have been a confederation of towns, with Maçanahau, Yuyumpeten, and Bacalar being the largest known ({{harvnb|Roys|1957|pp=157–159 }}, {{harvnb|Jones|1989|pp=32, 40 }}). </ref> This was likely effected through the threat of force, rather than diplomacy, as said authority was only reluctantly acceded to.{{sfn|Roys|1957|p=157}}{{sfn|Chamberlain|1948|pp=101–102}}

==== Local offices ====

Immediately subject to the governor were the ''batabo'ob'' or mayors of the cities, towns and hamlets of the province.<ref group="note">In some neighbouring provinces, a ''hol pop'' (lit. "head of the mat") would sometimes be mayor, acting mayor, or mayor ''ad interim''. This office is not well understood. Prof. Roys suggests the patriarch of the pre-eminent ''ch'ibal'' or noble house in town held the office. Its Columbian-period duties were purely social or ceremonial {{harv|Roys|1957|p=7}}.</ref> This office was likewise hereditary.<ref group="note">Inherited via primogeniture. Some mayors are known to have been appointed by the governor in neighbouring provinces, so this may have also been possible in Chetumal {{harv|Roys|1957|p=7}}.</ref> The office's powers and duties included– # having a town farm kept for his pecuniary benefit, # keeping houses and farms in order, # sitting as a tribunal of original civil and criminal jurisdiction, # maintaining the military or militia in times of peace.{{sfn|Roys|1957|pp=6–7}}

The constitution of local government has not been fully elucidated. The following offices were nonetheless known to have been involved in at least some cities, towns or hamlets— # ''nakomo'ob'' or commanders-in-chief, who exercised municipal military authority in the mayor's stead in times of war, # ''kuch kabo'ob'' or aldermen, who severally exercised at least executive authority over ''kuchteelo'ob'' or wards, and who jointly, in court or council assembled, exercised veto power over at least some of the mayor's executive, judicial, or military decisions<ref group="note">The court or council's full range of powers and duties, and its form of decision-making, are not understood. Its pre-Columbian Yucatecan Mayan name is not clear. A Spanish ''cabildo'' was called a ''molay'', ''mulkan'', ''tankab kabil'' or ''tan kah'' {{harv|Barrera Vásquez|Bastarrachea Manzano|Brito Sansores|Vermont Salas|Dzul Poot|1980|p=60}}. The Columbian-period term for aldermen was ''chun t'ano'ob'', per {{harvnb|Roys|1957|p=7}} and {{harvnb|Barrera Vásquez|Bastarrachea Manzano|Brito Sansores|Vermont Salas|Dzul Poot|1980|pp=116–117}}.</ref> # ''kulelo'ob'' or town officers, who carried out the mayor's orders.<ref group="note">Town officers ranked below aldermen, but it is not clear whether the officers also deputised for the aldermen.</ref>

Local government were also responsible for administering the commons, which included all municipal land, as private land ownership either did not exist or was forbidden.<ref group="note">Though lands were held in common, improvements thereon, like orchards and buildings, were not. It is not immediately clear whether or how administration of the commons was divided among local offices, though it is known that local government were responsible for apportioning it, and that the ''almeheno'ob'' or local aristocracy or upper class were preferred in such matters {{harv|Roys|1957|pp=8–10}}.</ref> It is not clear whether non-municipal land within the province was likewise held in common.{{sfn|Roys|1957|pp=8–10}}

== Economy ==

=== Capital ===

At least since circa 1450, the provincial capital was a major port of call for the peninsular coasting trade from the Ulua River or the Bay Islands to the Ekab Province.{{sfn|Scholes|Roys|1968|p=83}}{{sfn|Nielsen|Andersen|2004|p=86}} It was, at least towards the Columbian period, a large town of circa 2,000 houses, abutted by sapodilla and cacao orchards, maize fields, and apiaries of stingless bees.{{sfn|Roys|1957|pp=161–162}} Its merchant class fully occupied one-fourths of Nito, an out-of-province port of call on Dulce River.{{sfn|Scholes|Roys|1968|p=86}} It traded the province's cacao, honey, wax, and marine products for obsidian, jade, turquoise, copper, and gold.{{sfn|Nielsen|Andersen|2004|p=86}}

=== Provincial ===

The province was the only significant cacao-producer in Yucatan.{{sfn|Scholes|Roys|1968|p=83}} It provided the capital's merchants with cacao, honey, wax, and marine products.{{sfn|Nielsen|Andersen|2004|p=86}} Articles for local consumption are thought to have included– # pottery from Lamanai and settlements on Honey Camp Lagoon,{{sfn|Demarest|Rice|Rice|2004|pp=376, 412, 420–421 }} # salt and salted fish from settlements on the Northern River Lagoon.{{sfn|Demarest|Rice|Rice|2004|pp=372, 379 }}<ref group="note">This activity is known to have declined by circa 1000–1100 AD, likely due to being outcompeted by salt from the northern Yucatan coast {{harv|Demarest|Rice|Rice|2004|pp=372, 381 }}. </ref>

== Legacy ==

=== Scholarly ===

thumb|Portrait of Thomas Gann (''right'') in the 1920s thumb|Portrait of Juan Francisco Molina Solís in 1908

None of Chetumal's records are extant.<ref group="note">These are presumed to have been copious, given known pre-Columbian record-keeping practice in other Maya states of the Yucatan peninsula. Most were likely burnt or otherwise destroyed during the Spanish conquest and ensuing proselytising efforts. Any which may have survived are presumed to have decayed past recognition, Chetumal's tropical climate being notoriously unforgiving to bark paper. </ref> Consequently, all scholarship on the province has relied on later Hispano-Mayan  records and modern archaeology.

Archaeological work in Chetumal was begun in early 1894 by Thomas Gann, a medical officer of colonial Belize, in the ruins of Santa Rita, Corozal.{{sfn|Thompson|1975|p=742 }}{{sfn|Wallace|2011|p=24 }}{{sfn|Hammond|2004|loc=para. 2 }}{{sfn|Shaw|Mathews|2005|p=184 }}<ref group="note">Dr. Gann's offices in colonial Belize included District Commissioner, District Medical Officer, Principal Medical Officer, JP, and MP {{harv|Hammond|2004|loc=para. 1 }}.</ref><ref group="note">Notably, Dr. Gann uncovered very rare Postclassic polychrome stucco murals on Structure 1 (Str. 1) of Santa Rita. One of these included an extremely rare and substantial hieroglyphic inscription. With no tracing paper to be had in nearby Corozal, Dr. Gann was only able to reproduce half of said mural on oiled paper before locals repurposed its plaster for medicine. He managed to copy the remaining murals before they degraded. The surviving stencils were published in {{harvnb|Powell|1900|pp=655–692 }} {{harv|Thompson|1975|p=743 }}.</ref><ref group="note">Dr. Matthias Levy, Danish consul to colonial Belize during 1860–1869, collected a number of Postclassic effigy censers from Santa Rita and Lamanai in 1860–1865. It is unclear how the censers came to be in his possession, though he is not known to have conducted archaeological work in the area. His collection was donated to National Museum of Denmark and an unspecified museum in Brussels {{harv|Nielsen|Andersen|2004|pp=84–85 }}. A flint implement, recovered by a Royal Navy officer some years prior to 1871, and then exhibited by Augustus Pitt Rivers for the Society of Antiquaries of London on 2 March 1872, may likewise have come from Chetumal {{harv|Society of Antiquaries of London|1870–1873|pp=93–95 }}, though {{harvnb|Franks|1877 }} suggested otherwise. </ref> His copious work spurred further explorations and excavations in Belize and Mexico by the University of Liverpool, British Museum, Carnegie Institution, Field Museum, Sir J. E. S. Thompson, and Sylvanus Morley.{{sfn|Pendergast|1993|pp=4–6 }}{{sfn|Hammond|2004|loc=para. 3 }}{{sfn|Wallace|2011|pp=26–28 }}{{sfn|Shaw|Mathews|2005|pp=15–17 }}<ref group="note">Dr. Gann's work on Chetumal was published in {{harvnb|Gann|1897 }}, {{harvnb|Powell|1900|pp=655–692 }}, {{harvnb|Gann|1905 }}, {{harvnb|Gann|1912 }}, {{harvnb|Gann|1914–1916 }}, {{harvnb|Gann|1918 }}, and {{harvnb|Gann|1924 }}, per {{harvnb|Hammond|2004|loc=para. 4 }}, {{harvnb|Thompson|1975|p=743 }}, {{harvnb|Wallace|2011|p=35 }}. </ref> He collaborated with Sir Thompson on {{harvnb|Gann|Thompson|1931 }}, the first panoptic survey of Maya history for the general public.{{sfn|Hammond|2004|loc=para. 5 }} His collections of Maya artefacts remain in the British Museum, George Gustav Heye Center, National Museums Liverpool, and Middle American Research Institute, with the British Museum receiving the first known collection of Maya jades.{{sfn|Hammond|2004|loc=para. 6 }}{{sfn|Thompson|1975|p=743 }}{{sfn|Wallace|2011|pp=26, 32 }}<ref group="note">The collection now housed in constituent museums of National Museums Liverpool, and formerly housed in the Public Museum of Liverpool, was damaged during the Liverpool Blitz in 1941. As of 2011, the extent of this damage had not been assessed {{harv|Wallace|2011|p=26 }}. Dr. Gann also donated artefacts to the former Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, which were subsequently dispersed upon the Museum's permanent closure. The number and destination of the Gann–Wellcome artefacts is not clear. At least one of them is now housed in Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum {{harv|Wallace|2011|p=32 }}. </ref> It has been suggested that his work prompted the first legislative protections for antiquities in colonial Belize in 1894, and their subsequent strengthening in 1897, 1924, and 1927.{{sfn|Wallace|2011|p=25 }}{{sfn|Hammond|1983|p=22 }}<ref group="note">Dr. Gann's work, spanning his 1894–1936 career, has been described as "more destructive than protective of evidence from beginning to end" by {{harvnb|Pendergast|1993|p=4 }}. However, it has also been pointed out that his work, if judged by archaeological standards of his time, rather than by modern ones, would not be so harshly judged—though it would still be found wanting {{harv|Wallace|2011|pp=24–26 }}. </ref>

After Dr. Gann, archaeological work in Chetumal languished until the 1964–1970 Altun Ha Expedition of the Royal Ontario Museum.{{sfn|Pendergast|1993|pp=4, 8 }}{{sfn|Shaw|Mathews|2005|p=3 }}<ref group="note">Though brief, sporadic work occurred, including— # Rev. Francis de Paula Castells briefly examined a Spanish mission church in Lamanai in September 1902. Rev. Castells unfortunately mistook the church for a pre-Columbian Maya structure, thereby confounding archaeological work for nearly 80 years ({{harvnb|Castells|1904 }}, {{harvnb|Pendergast|1993|p=4 }}). # The ''Expedición Científica Mexicana de 1937'' (lit. Mexican Scientific Expedition of 1937), led by Luis Rosado Vega, examined at least nine sites in Chetumal in June–December 1937 ({{harvnb|Shaw|Mathews|2005|pp=19, 185 }}, {{harvnb|González Vázquez|2018|pp=1, 133 }}, {{harvnb|Escalona Ramos|1946 }}). # A. H. Anderson, then a government librarian in colonial Belize, conducted unpublished salvage work in 1937–1938 in Santana. In 1952, as First Assistant Secretary to the Governor of colonial Belize, he was given responsibility for archaeology, the first civil servant so charged. And in January 1957, he was appointed the country's first Commissioner of Archaeology ({{harvnb|Pendergast|1968|pp=90–91 }}, {{harvnb|Anderson|1963|p=80 }}). # Dr. Wolfgang Haberland, of the Museum am Rothenbaum, and A. H. Anderson, briefly examined some artefacts and a structure at Louisville on 27 October 1954. They had been discovered by a local resident, Luis F. Ramirez, and were subsequently destroyed by Hurricane Janet on 27 September 1955 ({{harvnb|Haberland|1958|pp=128–129 }}, {{harvnb|Pendergast|1993|p=7 }}). # William T. Sanders, then a PhD candidate at Harvard University, examined at least two sites in Chetumal in 1955 ({{harvnb|Shaw|Mathews|2005|p=185 }}, {{harvnb|Sanders|1960 }}). # Michel Peissel explored some coastal sites near Chetumal in 1961 ({{harvnb|Peissel|1963 }}, {{harvnb|Shaw|Mathews|2005|p=19 }}). # The Royal Ontario Museum, led by William R. Bullard, Jr., conducted excavations in San Estevan in 1962, as part of their broader archaeological project in colonial Belize ({{harvnb|Bullard|1965 }}, {{harvnb|Pendergast|1993|p=8 }}). </ref><ref group="note">The project's work is detailed in {{harvnb|Pendergast|1979 }}, {{harvnb|Pendergast|1982 }}, {{harvnb|Pendergast|1990 }}, and in various journals {{harv|Pendergast|1993|pp=8, 30–31 }}. </ref> The project was pushed for by the Archaeological Commissioner of colonial Belize, A. H. Anderson, and led by David M. Pendergast.{{sfn|Pendergast|1993|p=8 }} The substantial corpus generated quickly prompted a renaissance of archaeological work in Chetumal, which has continued to the present day.{{sfn|Pendergast|1993|pp=9–10 }}

Historical work on the Postclassic Maya states was first published by the Merida-based polymath Juan Francisco Molina Solís in 1896.{{sfn|Andrews|1984|p=590 }}<ref group="note">As part of a survey of the history of Yucatan in {{harvnb|Molina Solís|1896|pp=ix–lx, 175–337}}. The states' existence had been known to non-Mayas since Columbian times, but previous attempts at their exposition had been cursory {{harv|Andrews|1984|pp=589–590}}. </ref> This was followed by the 1943 and 1957 publications of the Carnegie Mayanist, Ralph L. Roys.{{sfn|Andrews|1984|p=590 }}<ref group="note">Namely, {{harvnb|Roys|1943}} and {{harvnb|Roys|1957}}. These were both preceded by a University of California, Berkeley PhD thesis, {{harvnb|Jakeman|1938}}. The latter may have been preceded by a critical edition of the 1688 Historia de Yucathan in {{harvnb|López de Cogolludo|1957|loc=pt. 2}}, whose commentary by Jorge Ignacio Rubio Mañé, a colleague of Prof. Roys, took up the topic of Postclassic Maya states {{harv|Andrews|1984|p=590}}. </ref> The latter of these has become the authoritative text on the subject, and is most commonly cited as the first of its kind, being significantly more rigorous and complete than preceding works.{{sfn|Graham|2011|p=29 }}{{sfn|Andrews|1984|pp=589–590, 595 }}<ref group="note">Prof. Roys proposed sixteen geographically-delimited sovereign provinces, namely, the Provinces of Ah Canul, Chakan, Cehpech, Hocaba, Mani, Ah Kin Chel, Sotuta, Chikinchel, Tases, Cupul, Cochua, Ecab, Uaymil, Chetumal, Chanputun, Canpech {{harv|Roys|1957|p=iii}}, herein spelled Kanul, Chak'an, Kehpech, Hokaba', Mani, K'in Ch'el, Sotuta, Chik'in Che'el, Tases, Kupul, Koch Wah, Ekab, Waymil, Chetumal, Chanputun, Kanpech, per {{harvnb|Barrera Vásquez|Bastarrachea Manzano|Brito Sansores|Vermont Salas|Dzul Góngora|Dzul Poot|1980|pp=81, 84, 91, 99, 149, 220, 299, 309, 326, 354, 403, 497, 738, 917}}. Entries for "Tases" and "Kanpech" are missing in {{harvnb|Barrera Vásquez|Bastarrachea Manzano|Brito Sansores|Vermont Salas|Dzul Góngora|Dzul Poot|1980|pp=291–299, 777–778}}, but are elsewhere used and spelled as herein rendered, as in {{harvnb|Barrera Vásquez|Bastarrachea Manzano|Brito Sansores|Vermont Salas|Dzul Góngora|Dzul Poot|1980|pp=19, 84, 99, 231, 233, 708}}. </ref> Despite this progress, Chetumal remained one of the least elucidated provinces until a seminal 1989 publication by Grant D. Jones, then a Professor at Davidson College.{{sfn|Andrews|1984|p=592 }}{{sfn|Jones|1989 }}

=== Social ===

==== In Mexico ====

thumb|Sculpture by Raúl Ayala Arellano of the Guerrero–Kan family

The modern city of Chetumal, established 5 May 1898 by Vice-Admiral Othón P. Blanco, was named in honour of the eponymous Postclassic capital of the Chetumal Province.{{sfn|Romero Mayo|Benítez López|2014|pp=126–127}}

The Guerrero–Kan family are widely believed to have been the first Mestizo family in the Americas.{{sfn|González Hernández|2018|loc=para. 6, 15}} Various public works of art depicting them have been installed in Yucatan and Quintana Roo. These include: * an untitled sculpture by Raúl Ayala Arellano, installed in Akumal in January 1975{{sfn|García Cruzado|2011|pp=174–175}} * at least 25 replicas or near-replicas of the aforementioned Ayala Arellano sculpture, including one inaugurated on 16 November 1980 by the 58th President of Mexico, José López Portillo, in Merida{{sfn|García Cruzado|2011|pp=175–176}} * ''Nacimiento de la raza mestiza'' (lit. Birth of the Mestizo Race) by Nereo de la Peña, a mural for the ''Palacio de Gobierno'' in Chetumal in 1979{{sfn|García Cruzado|2011|pp=177–178}} * ''Forma, color e historia de Quintana Roo'' (lit. Form, Colour and History of Quintana Roo) by Elio Carmichael Jiménez, a mural inaugurated in Chetumal in 1981 by former Mexican President José López Portillo{{sfn|García Cruzado|2011|p=178}} * ''Alegoría del mestizaje'' (lit. Allegory of Miscegenation) by Carlos Terrés, a sculpture inaugurated in Chetumal on 1 April 1981, by the 1st Governor of Quintana Roo, Jesús Martínez Ross{{sfn|García Cruzado|2011|pp=176–177}} * ''Cuna del mestizaje'' (lit. Trade of Miscegenation) by Rosa María Ponzanelly and Sergio Trejo, a sculpture inaugurated in Chetumal on 25 October 1996 by the 61st President of Mexico, Ernesto Zedillo{{sfn|García Cruzado|2011|p=177}} * ''La cuna del mestizaje'' by Rodrigo Siller, a mural installed 17 November 2007 in the Museum of Maya Culture, Chetumal{{sfn|García Cruzado|2011|p=178}} * ''Gonzalo Guerrero'' by Fernando Castro Pacheco, an oil painting for the ''Palacio de Gobierno'' in Merida{{sfn|García Cruzado|2011|p=178}}

Cancun's residents, upon the arrival of Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía of Spain on 16 November 1978, gifted the monarchs a turtleshell statuette of Gonzalo Guerrero.{{sfn|García Cruzado|2011|p=158}}{{sfn|Sebastian|1978|loc=para. 2}} Quintana Roo's state anthem, introduced 14 January 1986, celebrates the Guerrero–Kan family.{{sfn|García Cruzado|2011|p=173|loc=fn. 26}}{{sfn|XVI Congreso de Quintana Roo|2015|p=4|loc=stanza III}} Othon P. Blanco's highest civic honour, introduced 29 September 1997, was named after Guerrero.{{sfn|García Cruzado|2011|pp=172–174}}

==== In Belize ====

On 20 December 2012, the National Institute of Culture and History and the Belize Tourism Industry Association held a public re-enactment of the Guerrero-Kan wedding at Santa Rita, Corozal.{{sfn|Nunez|2012a|loc=para. 1}}{{sfn|Nunez|2012b}} Public re-enactments have been held on 22 March 2014, 5 February 2015, 20 February 2016, 6 July 2017, 19 May 2018, and 29 March 2019.{{sfn|Moody|2015|loc=para. 1}}{{sfn|Moody|2016|loc=para. 1, 3}}{{sfn|Wilson|2019|loc=para. 2–7}}

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