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SCENES IN THE PACIFIC. 
And the love of this woman still burns ardently, and alone, 
for her absent husband. The Audiencia at Mexico are Span¬ 
iards, and as such can lay aside their jealousy of Cortez 
when his prowess is required to save their necks. A virtue 
this which never fails to grow where Castilian blood fertilizes 
the human frame. The Caciques now line the mountain sides 
with their followers; the war-cry bounds across the vale of 
the city. “ Cortez is dead, and we can be free !” is sung on 
all the heights from the Gulf to the Pacific. That Audiencia 
now loves Cortez. They condole with his wife on her pro¬ 
bable loss, and allow her to send a ship with letters from her¬ 
self urging his return. The Caciques press towards their holy 
city, and its sacred lakes. The avenging passions of enslaved 
millions growl through the land, and the clash of savage 
arms, their dancings and songs, mingle in one direful din on 
the ear of the Viceroy. He sends entreaties that Cortez will 
return and save the country. These messages from the Vice¬ 
roy and his wife reach him on the coast of Senora ; he sails 
back to La Paz; leaves Francisco de Ulloa in charge of a 
part of his people; returns to Acapulco; goes to Quahuna- 
huac to meet his anxious wife; and thence proceeds to Mexi¬ 
co. The poor Indians learn that the murderer of their 
Emperor lives! They lay down their arms, and every hope 
of freedom. 
Ulloa has followed his master, and awaits his orders at 
Acapulco. In May, 1537, he is again ordered to sea with 
three ships, the Santa Agueda, La Trinidad, and Santo Tor¬ 
res. He touches at Santiago de Buena Esperanza ; at Guay- 
abal; crosses over to California, and follows the coast to the 
head of the Gulf. Along this coast he sees many volcanoes, 
bare mountains, and barren valleys. Whales abound in the 
sea; and on the land he finds large, heavy, and very crooked 
sheep’s horns; also naked Indians taking fish with hooks 
made of wood, bone, and tortoise-shell, who wear bright 
shells about the neck, and use the maws of sea-wolves for 
