ocated.

July 15. At dawn we attacked the said rancheria. We met much
resistance from the Indians in it. Although we repeatedly told
them that we did not wish to fight but only to take away the
Christians, they admitted to no persuasion but began to shoot so
as to kill one of our horses and wound two others. Seeing this
opposition, we used our weapons in order to subdue them so that
they would surrender. Some were killed, for they refused for two
hours to give up. Finally, it was necessary to dismount and
throw them back with swords and lances, for they have some wells
in the middle of the village which are like walls and which can
be strongly defended. There may have been about fifty persons,
men and women.

There were three rancherias close together, and with the
destruction of this one, the inhabitants of the others fled. We
captured only two from the second rancheria, although in the
first the number captured was thirty, including both Gentiles
and Christians. Having carried out an investigation and having
ascertained the guilty ones and the Christians, I made it clear
to the rest, through interpreters, that we did not wish to do
them any harm. They said they wanted to obey and that they well
understood that we had no evil intentions. I liberated the
Gentiles and we set forth toward the region of the Juchillones.

We had gone but a short distance when there began to assemble a
great many Indians, uttering shrieks and cries, so that we had
to go into line of battle again. Falling upon them, we killed
one, and with this they all retreated. We followed our course in
the direction we were going and concealed ourselves in a ravine
near the beach. It has much timber, water, and firewood, good
for a settlement. There we spent all the day hidden until
nightfall when we went on to the rancheria of the Juchillones.

At dawn [of July 16] we reached the place where were gathered
all the Christians whom we wanted, together with those Gentiles
who had participated in the attempt to kill Raymundo and his
people. We struck the first, second, and third village in the
same morning. When we reconnoitred the Indians of the last
rancheria, which is very large, the inhabitants were just about
to open hostilities, but being admonished by the interpreters
that we had not come to harm t