The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-04-14

conquer or die. And when ne saw tn
| goou will we had for him he was pleasee
! and said that it was with that confidence
he had led us here. He then said tina
nothing could be accomplished without
order and that in the coming confict W,
should on no account let our ardor lea
US to disobey the orders given us by ON
Captains, and that the first and chic
thing to do would be to capture the artil-
ery Of Narvaea. For the Captain t. do
this he named ONE Pizarro and gave him
seventy soldiers. and | was among the
number. And he ordered Gonz ,lo de
Sandoval to capture Narvaez, and for tins
he gave him written order. which wa.
as follows: "Gonzalo de Saudoval, Algua-
I'll in chief of New Spain. 10" Iii Majesty
[ order that You apprehend the person
OF Famtilo Narvacz and ii he reSists
you, STAY him, Tor such is the interest OF
His Majesty; and that you also apprehend
the Oidor. Given in this camp, Herman
do Cortes.
He also proclaimed that to the first sol
dcr who would lay hands on Narvaez he
would give 5000 and to the secold $1,000,
and to the third $1,000 And he said that
this was but glove money. as ii we con-
quered we all knew the ricneS OF the coun-
TRY, which would ali be our own. He
then instructed Juan Nelasquez to aIp-
prehend Diego Nelasqeuz, with whom he
had quarrel, and he gave him seventy
soldiers also. He Ike pit with himself
twenty soldiers to be used wherever they
might be most needed.
When all had been arranged Cortes
again made 4 short address and said :
If have strong hopes. gentlemen, that
God will give us the victory and know
the struggle will be short. Our lives and
honor are in the hands OF God and after
that in our own strong, arms. This VIC
tory will b, the crown OF all our works,
and in any event it is better to die with
honor than live withoutit.
The battle cry was then given us, 'Es-
pirito Santo." and as we soon after
learned that of Narvaez was Santa Ma
ria We were so short OF arms that
night that steel bonnet or casque would
have brought its weight in gold. Before
we started GunZalo de Sandoval, who was
always Il great friend OF mine, begged ne
that, if after the artillery was taken. |
was alive, | should 60 where he was and
| SO promised.
and it was raining and myself and two
other soldiers went forward as scouts
We had not gone very far when there
came one OF our spies and asked if L
heard anything strange and | replied
that did not. Presently there came an
other saying that the Ca lego who had
come that day from the camp of Narvaez
uuu uttt pIdb iIc illuSe navy
been q spy sent out BY Narvaez, and Just
then our bugles sounded and we COM
menced the march and the poor Gallego
was found asleep under some cloaks
where he had hidden from the rain, for
the poor fellow was tired.
SO we marched in total silence until we
reached the river whore the spies of Mar
vaez were and they being off their guard
we captured one OF them named Carras
co but the other one. iIurtado. escaped,
calling the camp of Narvaez, TO arms, that
Cortes was coming. But so rapidly did
we follow him that we entered the camp
with him and took the artillery with u
loss of only three men, for they only
succeeded in firing four out of the eight
cen pieces. The horse of Navarez stopped
us Tor moment until we had dis
mounted six or seven with our long
spears, but even as yet we could not use
the cannon because rom the quarters of
Narvaez they shot at us with crossbows
and arquebuses, until Gonzalo de San
doval arrived and assaulted the temple
where Narvaez had his quarters and, see
ing that the artillery was safe, some of
us went to his assistance with Captain
Pizarro.
While the fight was hottest we heard
Narvaez exclaim Holy Virgin, / am
slain! My eye is pierced" and we then
cried out Victory Victory! for the side
of the Holy Spirit Narvaez is slain.'
But even with all of this we could not
force an entrance until Martin Lopez set