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" Others of his companions." This Jufte was a gentleman who came 

 with Narvaez, and ferved in tlie cavalry. Thefe fad remains filled the 

 minds of Sandoval and his party with rage and grief, but there was no 

 poffibiHty of obeying the didates of their feelings, for the men were all 

 fled, and the women and children bewailed their fate in the moft affedl- 

 ing terms. Sandoval therefore fent them to their hulbands and fathers, 

 whom they induced to come in and fubmit. In anfwer to the queflions 

 put to them relative to the gold, they declared that it had all been claim- 

 ed by the Mexicans. Sandoval now continued his march to Tlafcala, 

 and when he came near the capital of that country, he fell in with a 

 vaft body of Indians employed in tranfporting the timber, and condud:- 

 ed by Chichimecatecle, and our fliipwright Martin Lopez. The order 

 thefe people came in was as follows. Eight thoi^fand men carried the 

 timber ready fhaped for every part of the thirteen velTels, eight thoufand 

 more followed as a guard with their enfigns and arms, and a third bo- 

 dy of two thoufand, as a relief, and with provifions for the whole. 

 Several Spaniards joined us with this efcort, and alfo two great Tlafcalan 

 chiefs named Teuleticle, and Teatical. The enemy appeared only in 

 fmall bodies at a diftance, but it was thought necelTary to ufe much 

 precaution, confidering the extent of the line of march, and the danger 

 of a furprife. Sandoval fent fome of his troops in front, and polled 

 others on the flanks, while he remained at the rear guard with the Tlaf- 

 calans, to whom he afligned that pofl:. This arrangement gave their 

 chief, Chichimecatecle, great offence, but when he was informed that 

 it v/as there the Mexicans were moft likely to attack, his pride became 

 pacified. In two days more the whole body arrived at Tezcuco, in 

 great triumph and pomp, the allies wearing their fineft habits and great 

 plumes of feathers, with drums, horns, and trumpets, founding. Thus 

 they continued marching into our quarters, without breaking a file, for 

 the fpace of full half the day, fhouting out, "Cafl:illal Cafl:illa! Tlafca- 

 la! Tlafcala! live his Majefty the Emperor." 



Our timber being all now laid ready at the docks, in a very fhort 

 time, by the great exertions of Lopez, the hulls were completely finifh- 



ed; 



