 Juan de San Buenaventura's small group of Franciscans arrived in Chuntuki on 30 August 1695, and found that the army had opened the road southwards for another seventeen leagues (approximately 44.2 miles or 71.1 km), almost to Lake Petén Itzá, but returned to Chuntuki due to the seasonal rains.San Buenaventura was accompanied by two friars and a lay brother.With Avendaño's return to Mérida, provincial superior Antonio de Silva despatched two additional friars to join San Buenaventura's group.