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cd, and put them to flight. Sandoval halted here for two days, during 

 which the chiefs came in and made their fubmiffions. He demanded 

 of them the property and effcd:s of the Spaniards whom they, had put 

 to death, but they replied that it was out of their power to return them, 

 they having already burned the whole. They alfo faid that moft of the 

 Spaniards they had killed were eaten, five of them having been fent to 

 their monarch Guatimotzin. They promifed a plentiful fupply of pro- 

 vifions, apologized for what was palled, and Sandoval being able to do 

 no more was fain to accept their fubmiffions. 



As all this country was now brought under fubjecftion, Cortes de- 

 termined, with the approbation of his Majefty's officers to mark the 

 prifoners and flaves, previous to the taking out the royal fifth, and his 

 own. An order was in confequence given out, that the foldiers fhould 

 bring all their prifoners to an appointed place, v/hich was a large houfe 

 in the town, for this purpofe. It was accordingly done; they confifted 

 of women, boys, and girls of the Indians, for as to the men they were 

 too troublefome to keep, and &ur TIafcalan friends did us all the fervice 

 we could defire from them. The prifoners remained in confinement du- 

 ring the night, and in the morning the repartition took place. Firft 

 the royal fifth was feled:ed, and then that of Cortes j and thus far all , 

 went on very well, but when the foldiers fliares came to be allotted, be- 

 hold! we found that fome one had been there in the night, and taken 

 every handfome and good Indian that was there, leaving us nothing but 

 a herd of old, ugly, and miferable jades. This of courfe made a great 

 murmur amongft the foldiers, who loudly charged Cortes with having 

 conveyed away and concealed all the valuable flaves, and the foldiers of 

 Narvaez fwore they never heard of fuch a thing as two kings, and two 

 fifths, in his Majefty's dominions ! among the reff one Juan de Quexo 

 faid he would make it known in Caftille how they were treated, and 

 another plainly told Cortes how he had abufed them in regard to the 

 gold in Mexico, for that when the divifion was made there appeared 

 only three hundred thoufand crowns in value, and when our flight took 

 place he produced above feven hundred thoufand j all which had been 



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