276 INDIAN VISITS TO THE CAMP. Book II. 
not accept any payment, but had freely made him this 
present, he extended his arms as if to embrace some huge 
object, and declared that I was a " Capitan tan grande ! " 
(Such a big captain !) 
He now ordered all his people present to leave our 
camp ; he himself had had enough, and thought the others 
might likewise be satisfied. He flung himself on his horse 
and, without taking leave, rode off, continually looking in 
the mirror and feeling himself with his hands. 
