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Francifco de Montejo, Alonzo de Avila, (between them) a dark chef- 

 nut, not fit for fervice: Francifco de Morla, a dark chefnut horfe, of 

 great fpeed and well drelfed : Juan de Efcalante,. a light chefnut horfe, 

 not good for fervice: EHego de Ordas, a tolerable grey mare, but of no 

 fpeed: Gonzalo Dominguez, an excellent horfeman, a dark chefnut 

 horfe, very good, and of great fpeed : Pedro Gonzales Truxillo, a good 

 chefnut horfe, and fpeedy ; Moron of Vaimo, a dappled grey, well on 

 his haunches : Vaena of La Trinidad, a dapple, fomewhat black ; this 

 horfe did not turn out well : Lares the good horfeman, a very good 

 horfe, bright chefnut, of great fpeed: Ortiz the mufician and Bartho- 

 lome Garcia who had gold mines, a horfe called El Harriero, one of 

 the beft that came over with ns : Juan Sedeno of the Havannah, a chefr 

 nut mare which foaled in the fhip. Sedeno was the richeft man in our 

 army, polfeffing alfo a fhip, a negro, bread, and bacon ; fome of which 

 articles were indications of great wealth at that time, for horfes and 

 negroes were hardly to be procured for any money. 



I muft now revert to the proceedings of Velafquez, who was more 

 determined than ever to deprive Cortes of the command. He was en- 

 raged when he found that Verdugo had negledted his orders, and re^- 

 proached his Secretary and the Contador with having deceived him. 

 He now therefore fent a confidential perfon named Garnica to his Lieut. 

 Pedro Barba at the Havannah, with orders to him, and letters to his 

 friends De Ordas and Velafquez de Leon, earneftly foliciting them by- 

 no means to fuffer the fleet to proceed, but to arreft Cortes, and fend him 

 a clofe prifoner to St. Jago. The meffenger was no fooner arrived than 

 Cortes knew his bufinefs, for he brought with him letters from a friar 

 who was about the governor, to our Chaplain Fray Bartholome de Ol- 

 medo, whereby the Secretary and Contador conveyed intelligence of all 

 the fcliemes of Velafquez. Diego de Ordas it has been already mentioned 

 had been fent out of the way ; the other perfon, Velafquez de Leon, 

 Cortes had now brought over completely to his fide, for he was dif- 

 pleafed with the governor for not having taken, as he thought, proper 

 icare of him. As to the Alvarados, Puertocarrero, Montejo, De Oli, 



Efcalante, 



