▁in ▁Mexico ▁and ▁Gu atem ala ▁where ▁the ▁people ▁saw ▁them ▁as ▁gods , ▁and ▁thought ▁he ▁was ▁going ▁to ▁easily ▁defeat ▁this ▁new ▁ind igen ous ▁force ▁because ▁his ▁Mexican ▁al lies ▁and ▁the ▁P ip il ▁of ▁C uz cat lan ▁spoke ▁a ▁similar ▁language ▁and ▁communication ▁was ▁going ▁to ▁be ▁easy ▁and ▁fast . ▁However ▁unlike ▁in ▁Mexico ▁and ▁Gu atem ala , ▁the ▁Ind igen ous ▁pe op les ▁of ▁El ▁Salvador ▁never ▁saw ▁the ▁Spanish ▁as ▁gods , ▁but ▁as ▁foreign , ▁gold ▁l ust ing , ▁bar bar ic , ▁al ien ▁inv aders ▁who ▁would ▁resort ▁to ▁anything ▁to ▁ste al ▁away ▁their ▁land . ▁Once ▁Pedro ▁de ▁Al var ado ▁arrived , ▁he ▁saw ▁the ▁shock ▁troops ▁of ▁the ▁C uz cat lan ▁kingdom ▁in ▁A ca j ut la ▁ready ▁for ▁battle , ▁he ▁saw ▁that ▁the ▁C uz cat an ▁force ▁had ▁a ▁significantly ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁soldiers , ▁which ▁easily ▁out numbers ▁his ▁Spanish ▁soldiers ▁and ▁Mexican ▁Indian ▁al lies , ▁once ▁he ▁saw ▁this ▁he ▁order ▁his ▁army ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁to ▁quickly ▁retre at , ▁but ▁the ▁C uz cat le c ▁army ▁was ▁not ▁satisfied ▁by ▁this ▁and ▁made ▁a ▁decis ive ▁shock ▁and ▁a we ▁attack ▁on ▁the ▁Spanish ▁army , ▁running ▁behind ▁them ▁war ▁chant ing ▁and ▁shooting ▁bow ▁ar rows , ▁Pedro ▁de ▁Al var ado ▁had ▁no ▁choice ▁but ▁to ▁fight ▁to ▁surv ive . ▁Pedro ▁de ▁Al var ado ▁describes ▁the ▁C uz