 Rumours of this setback grew in the telling and both the Cupul and Cochua provinces once again rose up against their would-be European overlords.The Spanish hold on the eastern portion of the peninsula remained tenuous and a number of Maya polities remained independent, including Chetumal, Cochua, Cupul, Sotuta and the Tazes.On 8 November 1546, an alliance of eastern provinces launched a coordinated uprising against the Spanish.