Editing Spanish conquest of Yucatán (section)

=== Conflict at Champotón ===
The Franciscan [[friar]] [[Jacobo de Testera]] arrived in [[Champotón, Campeche|Champotón]] in 1535 to attempt the peaceful incorporation of [[Yucatán Peninsula|Yucatán]] into the [[Spanish Empire]]. Testera had been assured by the Spanish authorities that no military activity would be undertaken in Yucatán, while he was attempting its conversion to the Roman Catholic faith, and that no soldiers would be permitted to enter the peninsula. His initial efforts were proving successful when Captain Lorenzo de Godoy arrived in Champotón at the command of soldiers despatched there by [[Francisco de Montejo the Younger|Montejo the Younger]]. Godoy and Testera were soon in conflict and the friar was forced to abandon Champotón and return to central Mexico.<ref name="SharerTraxler06p770"/>

Godoy's attempt to subdue the [[Maya peoples|Maya]] around [[Champotón, Campeche|Champotón]] was unsuccessful and the local [[Kowoj|Kowoj Maya]] resisted his attempts to assert Spanish dominance of the region.<ref>Sharer and Traxler 2006, pp. 770–771.</ref> This resistance was sufficiently tenacious that Montejo the Younger sent his cousin from [[Tabasco]] to Champotón to take command. His diplomatic overtures to the Champotón Kowoj were successful and they submitted to Spanish rule. Champotón was the last Spanish outpost in the [[Yucatán Peninsula]]; it was increasingly isolated and the situation there became difficult.<ref name="SharerTraxler06p771">Sharer and Traxler 2006, p. 771.</ref>