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ground, faddled and bridled. The enemy during the whole night were 

 founding their warhke inftruments, fuch as timbals, and fmall trum- 

 pets, yelhng, and threatening us with defl:ru<5tion on the next day, 

 which they faid had been promifed to them by their gods.. 



At day break we again brought forward our machines, to work 

 at their walls, which the enemy defended with the greateft obftinacy, 

 wounding five of our people, and amongft them myfelf by a thruft, 

 and were it not for the jftrength of my cotton quilted armour, the lance 

 would have gone through me. Thus we were employed during the- 

 whole day, and the evening was drawing on, with a heavy fall of rain 

 and a very thick mift, as is frequently the cafe in that mountainous 

 country. In confequence of this our captain called us off from the en- 

 gagement, and about the fame time the enemy ceafing to fhout and 

 make the noifes they had hitherto done, I, who was accuftomed to bu- 

 iinefs of the kind, and alfo perceived that their lances were refled againfl 

 the walls, barbicans, and battlements, except about two hundred that 

 ftill appeared to be in hand, began to fufped they were going to aban- 

 don the place ; in confequence whereof, I and one of my comrades get- 

 ting in at a fmall breach in the wall, to fee what they were doing, fell 

 fuddenly in upon upwards of two hundred of them in arms, who at- 

 tacked us with their lances, and would fpeedily have put an end to us, 

 but that fome o.f our Indian allies who perceived our fituation, called 

 out to the refl of our foldiers, who crouded in to where we were fur- 

 rounded by thefe Indians, who only compofed the rear guard of the 

 garrifon, for all the refl, men, women, and children, had evacuated 

 the place by the other gate. 



Thefe who remained we quickly put to flight, and purfuing them, 

 we came up with many of the others, and made prifoners feveral men, 

 women, and children. We now quitted the town, and purfued our 

 route towards Chinacatan, halting for that night at a place where at 

 prefent the city of Chiapa de los Efpanoles is built. Being arrived here, 

 our captain difcharged fix of his prifoners, with orders to inform their 



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