Lenca

The Lenca inhabited what are now western Honduras and eastern El Salvador. In the early sixteenth century they were divided into several confederations, each consisting of lordships and towns, rather than a single kingdom.

In 1537 the Lenca leader Lempira organized resistance to Spanish conquest from the fortified hill of Cerquín. His forces drew on many towns, but the Spaniards eventually overcame the resistance; accounts differ over the circumstances of his death.