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brothers. In this army alfo came fome of the warriors of Cholula, and 

 Guaxocinga, but not in any confiderable number. The alacrity of the 

 whole body appeared in their arrival a day previous to that appointed j 

 they advanced in great parade, each chief having a ftandard with their 

 national device, a white fpread eagle, embroidered upon it. They en- 

 tered the town in high fpirits, (homing " Caftilla ! Caftilla! TIafcak! 

 *' TIafcala! live the Emperor!" and it was about three hours from the 

 time of the arrival of their advanced party, until the rear had come in. 

 Cortes, with many compliments, difmiffed them to their quarters, and 

 promifing to make them all rich on their return to their native country. 

 We now heard that the Mexicans had put to death three of our foldiers 

 who had been left by Pizarro to fearch for mines, one only, named Bar-^ 

 rientos, efcaping'to Chinanta, where he was protedled. 



Our general made his difpofition for the attack upon the city of 

 Mexico as follows. 



Pedro de Alvarado, with one hundred and fifty infantry, thirty 

 cavalry, eighteen mufqueteers and crofsbow-men, and eight thoufand 

 Tlafcalans w^as to take poft at Tacuba, having to affift him Jorge de Al- 

 varado his brother, Gutierre de Badajos, and Andres de Monjaras, each 

 of whom was captain of a company, confifting of fifty infantry, and a 

 third of the crofsbow-men and mufqueteers, the cavalry being command- 

 ed by Alvarado in perfon. To this detachment I was appointed. 



Chriftoval de Oli, having under him the captains Andres de Tapia, 

 Francifco Verdugo, Francifco de Lugo, thirty cavalry, one hundred 

 and feventy five infantry, twenty mufqueteers and crofsbow-men, and 

 eight thoufand Indians was to take poft at Cuyoacan, and Gonzalo de 

 Sandoval, with captains Luis Marin and P. de Ircio, at the head of 

 twenty four cavalry, one hundred and fifty infantry, fourteen mufque- 

 teers and crofsbow-men, and upwards of eight thoufand Indians was 

 to take his poft at Iztapalapa. The two firfl named divifions were to 

 march by the right, the third in the oppofite diredion. Sandovals 



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