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fent to eftabliHi a colony at Paniico, * and brought intelligence that the 

 other captain who had been fent thither, named Pineda, with all his 

 foldiers, had been put to death by the Indians; and that their (hipping 

 had been burned. Camargo therefore finding the ill fuccefs of that at- 

 tempt, had come to Villa Rica for affiftance, his men being afflided 

 with liver complaints, which their yellow and dropfical appearance de- 

 monftrated. This officer was very well acquainted with the fituation of 

 affairs, and had been it is faid, a Dominican friar. Having difembark- 

 ed his foldiers, he fet out with them, and arrived by flow marches at 

 La Frontera, where they were kindly received by Cortes, and attended 

 with as much care as we could beflow upon them, but the captain and 

 many of the foldiers very foon died. On account of their morbid co- 

 lour and fwollen bodies, we ufed to call them "the green paunches." In 

 order to avoid the interference of foreign matters with the thread of my 

 narrative, I will now inform my reader, that one after another, at dif- 

 ferent and irregular periods, all the remains of this armament arrived at 

 the port of Villa Rica. Amongfl others was an Arragonian named Mi- 

 guel diaz de Auz. He brought upwards of fifty foldiers, with feven 

 horfes; with which he immediately joined us, being the. mofl effectual 

 reinforcement we had for a long time received. This Captain de Auz 

 ferved very well during the war in New Spain ; it was he who after- 

 wards had a law fuit with a brother in law of Cortes, named Andres de 

 Barrios, whom we ufed to call "the dancer." The law fuit was about the 

 divilion of Meftitan, which was awarded afterwards as follows; he had 

 the furplus of the rents, beyond two thoufand five hundred crowns, on 

 condition of not entering upon the diflrid: for the fpace of two years, 

 "becaufe he was accufed of having killed Indians there, and in other pla- 

 ces where he had been. Another of Garay's vefTels arrived fhortly after 

 at our port. In this came an officer named Ramirez, called by us, "the 

 old." He brought with him forty foldiers, ten horfes, crofs-bows and 

 other arms. Thus Garay continually feiit us rcinfortements, thinking 

 that his colony was going on well in Panuco. All thefe foldiers joined 

 us at Tepeaca. Thofe who came with Miguel diaz de Auz, as they 

 were plump and in good condition, we named "the Sir loins;" and as the 



foldiers 



By F. de Garay governor of Jamaica. 



