Gerónimo de Aguilar

Aguilar wound up at the colony of Santa María la Antigua del Darién, founded in Panama in 1510.

Because of ongoing disputes and divisions among the leaders of the colony, in 1511 Aguilar left Panama on a caravel sailing to Santo Domingo.

Aguilar and Gonzalo Guerrero (a sailor from Palos de la Frontera in Spain) managed to escape, later to be taken as slaves by another Mayan chief named Xamanzana who was hostile to the first tribe.

Guerrero became a war chief for Nachan Kaan, Lord of Chektumal, married a rich Maya woman and fathered the first mestizo children of Mexico.

[1]: 60–64  He demonstrated his fidelity to his faith by correctly identifying the day of week, from a steadfast following of his breviary, which he had been able to keep through all the years of his captivity.

His usefulness in that capacity ended once La Malinche had learned Spanish and was able to translate directly from Nahuatl.