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up above them like towers, and there are embrasures and loopholes in 

 them for defending the roofs of the different stories, because, like the 

 other villages, they do not have streets, and the flat roofs are all of a 

 height and are used in common. The roofs have to be reached first, 

 and these upper houses are the means of defending them. It began to 

 snow on us there, and the force took refuge under the wings of the 

 village, which extend out like balconies, with wooden pillars beneath, 

 because they generally use ladders to go up to those balconies, since 

 they do not have any doors below. 



The army continued its march from hero after it stopx)ed snowing, and 

 as the season had already advanced into December, during the ten days 

 that the army was delayed, it did not fail to snow during the evenings 

 and nearly every night, so that they had to clear away a large amount 

 of snow when they came to where they wanted to make a camp. The 

 road could not be seen, but the guides managed to find it, as they 

 knew the country. There are junipers and pines all over the country, 

 which they used in making large brushwood fires, the smoke and heat 

 of which melted the snow from 2 to 4 yards all around the fire. It 

 was a dry snow, so that although it fell on the baggage and covered 

 it for half a man's height it did not hurt it. It fell all night long, cov- 

 ering the baggage and the soldiers and their beds, piling up in the 

 air, so that if anyone had suddenly come upon the army nothing would 

 have been seen but mountains of snow. The horses stood half buried 

 in it. It kept those who were underneath warm instead of cold. The 

 army passed by the great rock of Acuco, and the natives, who were 

 peaceful, entertained our men well, giving them provisions and birds, 

 although there are not many people here, as I have said. Many of the 

 gentlemen went up to the top to see it, and they had great difficulty in 

 going up the steps in the rock, because they were not used to them, for 

 the natives go up and down so easily that they carry loads and the 

 women carry water, and they do not seem even to touch their hands, 

 although our men had to pass their weapons up from one to another. 



From here they went on to Tiguex, where they were well received 

 and taken care of, and the great good news of the Turk gave no little 

 joy and helped lighten their hard labors, although when the army 

 arrived we found the whole country or province in revolt, for reasons 

 which were not slight in themselves, as will be shown, and our men had 

 also burnt a village the day before the army arrived, and returned to 

 the camp. 1 



Chapter 1'}, of why Tujuex revolted, and how they were punished, with- 

 out being to blame for it. 



It has been related how the general reached Tiguex, where he found 

 Don Garcia Lopez de < 'ardenas and Hernando de Alvarado. and how he 



'Tin- Spanish manuscript is im confusing throughout this chapter. As usual, Xernaux passes 

 over moat of the passages which have given trouble, omitting what lie could not guess. 



