Editing Pedro de Alvarado (section)

==Cuzcatlan (El Salvador)==
{{see also|Spanish conquest of El Salvador}}
Alvarado led the first effort by Spanish forces to extend their dominion to the nation of [[Cuzcatlan]] (in modern [[El Salvador]]), in June 1524. These efforts established many towns such as [[San José Acatempa]] in 1525 and [[Esquipulas]] in 1560. Spanish efforts were firmly resisted by the indigenous people known as the [[Pipils|Pipil]] and their Mayan speaking neighbors.  Despite Alvarado's initial success in the [[Battle of Acajutla]], the indigenous people of Cuzcatlán, who according to tradition were led by a warlord called [[Atlácatl]], defeated the Spaniards and their auxiliaries, and forced them to withdraw to Guatemala.

Alvarado was wounded on his left [[thigh]], remaining [[handicapped]] for the rest of his life. He abandoned the war and appointed his brother, Gonzalo de Alvarado, to continue the task. Two subsequent expeditions were required (the first in 1525, followed by a smaller group in 1528) to bring the Pipil under Spanish control.  In 1528 the conquest of Cuzcatlán was completed and the city of San Salvador was established.