Lempira (Lenca ruler) in 1537. Historical accounts of Lempira differ. Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, whose account was published in "Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos ..." (1626), in Seville, Spain, identifies Lempira as a war captain appointed by Entipica, leader of the Cares, a named subgroup of the Lenca. Herrera reports that Lempira, whose name means something like "Lord of the Mountains" in Lenca, commanded over 30,000 soldiers from over 200 different Lenca towns. In 1537, there were widespread indigenous uprisings in Honduras, and the Cares were one group that revolted against Spanish rule. The Spaniards, on instruction from their
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