The herald., 1895-04-28

rios, native or oeVlila, ana WHOM we
called 1.-THE dancer
4 few DAYS after Miguel Diaz de Aux
had come to the port, as | have related
there came another ship sent out by
Garay, he thinking that a IL was safe ana
well in paunco. And there came IN her
for Captain one Ramirez, who because he
was very old and because there We're 9th
ers in the camp OF the same name. We
called Ramirez eel vlejo. lie brought
over forty soldiers and ten crosshows and
other arms. 1t seemed that Francisco de
Garav had sent one i zip after another
and all for no good for himself and all for
the benefit of Cortes-Stlch was his good
fortune. And these re Inducements were
of great assistance TO us. As the soldiers
of Miguel de Auz we re all very fat we
called them those of the fat backs, y and
those of Ramirez, be cause they wore
armor of quilted cotton through which
no arrow could pass, we called 'thUse OF
the ramparts." When they came to Our
camp Cortes treated them all with great
honor and attention.
We had now been reinforced, partly by
those sent by Diego Nelasquez. and partly
by those of Garav, to the extent of over
one hundred and twenty soldiers and
seventeen good horses and stares.
Cortes having learned that certain
soldiers of NarvaeZ. on their way to Mex
leo had been killed near the towns of
Xalacingo and Cacatami, and also that
Juan de Alcantara and two others IRON
Villa Flea had been killed there and
robbedof the gold which had been given
them by Massi- Escassl as | have related
in another place, he now determined to
send an expedition under Gonzalo de
Sandoval against those places. And he
sent with him two hundred soldiers,
nearly all of whom were thas OF Cortes.
and twenty horse and twelve cTossbows
and a large body OF Tlascalans. Before
Gonzalo de Sandoval arrived at the towns
he learned that they were all in arms,
and assisted by large force of Mexi-
cans, and that the town was well barrl-
caded, for they had expected an attack
and had prepared for it.
Sandoval Immediately made prepare
tions to attack them, but before doing so
he sent tn EN- messengers calling on them
to come out and make peace and saying
that if they gave up all the gold they
had stolen and the arms OF the dead
Spaniards, he would forgive them the
murders. The messengers went back and
forth three or four times but the only
reply they sent us was for Sandoval and
his men to come on and they would Kill
and eat him and his men as they had the
other Teules. Seeing that messengers
accomplished nothing Sandoval sent 10
them telling them that he would make
them all slaves. and that they were all
assassins and traitors and common high
way robbers and to defend themselves,
as he was about to attack them. Sando-
val and his forces attacked them III two
places, and although they fought well,
they were soon completely routed and
the people of lhe town and their Mexican
allies fed in all directions and Sandoval,
following them up, took great many
prisoners.
In one of the cues OF the town they
found the clothing OF the Spuniards and
the brides of their horses and Two saddles
which the Indians had hung up as al
offering to their idols.
there
then the Caciques of the town came in to
beg forgiveness, and he told them to give
up the gold they had taken from the
Standards they killed and he would par
don them. TO this they replied that the
Mexicans had taken it and sent it &c
Mexico to their King, so that they hao
none OF it. Sandoval then told them to g
where Malinche was and that he woulC
speak to them about the pardon. III
then commenced his return march, bring
ing great number of boys and women a!
prisoners.
Cortes was highly pleased when he saw
him return safe with all these prisoners
although he brought back eight soldiers
badly wounded and had lost three horses
and even Sandoval himself was wounded
with an arrow. | did not go on this eX-
petition. as | was sick with a fever, bu
thanks be to God, | recovered because
they bled me frequently.
AS Gonzalo de Sandoval had told the
Caciques of Xalacingo and Cacami to
come to COrteS and ask for peace, no
only they came, but the Caciques of al
the neighboring towns also and they gave
their obedience to our lord and King the
brought us presents OF food. ms eXpe-
dltion had very good effect, as 1t pacl
fed all these parts, and from thencefor-
ward Cortes had great reputation
throughout the country as being both
very Just and very brave, so that all were
afraid of him. particularly Guatemoc, the
new King OF Mexico. And such was the
authority and influence thereafter of our
Cortes that;Indians,from distant provinces
came to deci de grave questions particu
larry over the rights OF succession to Ca
ciqueships, and as that time the small
pox ragged throughout New Spain deaths
of Caciques were frequent and there was
always some question as to who should
succeed, and all such questions were re
ferred to Cortes as lord absolute of thu
country.
At this time the people of OXZucar ant
Guacachula came with a dispute as to who
should succeed their Caclque. who hat
died, and it appearing that a relative o
the great Montezuma had married tn
Cacique of those towns, Cortes decided tina
the relative of Montezuma should inherit
and his mandate was Immediately co m
piled with.
Cortes ut this time sent Gonzalo de San
doval with thirty horse and eight cross
bowmen and five arquebusiers and on
hundred foot soldiers against the town o
Cacotan, where nine Spaniards had bee
killed by the natives, with instructions t.
chastise them and bring them to peace
And he sent with him five Indians o
Tepeyaca to act as messengers, ana I
call on them to come and make peace
and if they did not to make war on then
and brand as slaves all he captured. 7
the messages of Sandoval the Mexican
replied that they knew no lord bu
Guatemoc, and that they were as stron
now as when they encountered Aim o
the Calzadas of Me yico and if he did nc
think so, to come on with his men a
they already knew what the boaste
bravery of the Spanlards amounted to.
When Sandoyal heard this he immediate
" put his force in order of attack. II
instructed the Tlascalans not to attack q
nrst, as they would thereby interior
with the horse. and lest any OF ther
should get hurt by the muskets or cross
bows, but that the enemy's ranks ono
broken, to attack and take all the prison
ers possible. and follow them up whe
they commenced to fly. He then con
menced to move toward the town. An
there came out to meet him two squad
rors of warriors near a FORTH plac
where there was also a barranca, and fC
awhile they stopped his course. Bu
with the crossbows and muskets he 500
dislodged them, killing many. And h