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and put them completely to flight, with the lofs on his part, of two 

 hones, and eight wounded. Our allies this day made a great llaugh- 

 ter of the Mexicans, who fell back, and rallied at a large town called 

 Ozucar, where were other great bodies of their troops. Here they made 

 a poft, fortifying themfelves and breaking down the bridges ; but Dc 

 Oli, turned into a tiger by the reproof of Cortes, purfued them without 

 halting, with as many of his troops as he could bring up. By the af- 

 fiftance of his Indian friends of Guacachula, he contrived to pafs the 

 river, and falling on the Mexicans, difperfed them again, with the lofs 

 of two more horfes killed; his own horfe was alfo wounded in feveral 

 places, and De Oli himfelf received two wounds. Here he halted for 

 two days after the action, and all the principal people waited on him, 

 to fubmit as vaffals to his Majefty. Their allegiance being accepted, 

 and the country reftored to peace, he returned with his force to the town 

 of Segura de la Front era. 



Not having been on this expedition, the account I have given is 

 fuch as was related to me, by thofe who were. De Oli was received 

 by Cortes and all of us with great fatisfadiion ; we laughed heartily at 

 him for his counter march, in which he joined with us, and fwore 

 that for the next expedition he was fent on, he would take the poor fol- 

 diers of Cortes, and not the rich planters of Narvaez, whofe minds 

 were more intent upon their houfes and eftates, than upon feats of arms; 

 and who were much more ready to command, than to obey, Gomara 

 fays that it was the people of Guaxocingo who gave the information to 

 the officers of Narvaez; but this is abfurd, for the laft mentioned town 

 was entirely out of their route, and it is exadly the fame thing as fay- 

 ing, that if we were to fet out now from Medina del Campo to travel to 

 Salamanca, we fhould go round by Valladolid. 



While we were here, Cortes received letters from Villa Rica, 

 whereby he was informed, that a vcfTel had arrived there commanded 

 by a perfon of the name of Camargo, having on board upwards of fe- 

 venty foldiers, all very iickly. She was one of thefe which had been 



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