Indians.

[48] "Iztapalapan was at that time a town of considerable
magnitude, built half in the water and half on dry land. The spot
where it stood is at present all dry land; and where vessels once
sailed up and down, seeds are sown and harvests gathered. In
fact, the whole face of the country is so completely changed,
that he who had not seen these parts previously would scarcely
believe that waves had ever rolled over the spot where now
fertile corn-plantations extend themselves to all sides, so
wonderfully have all things changed here in a short space of
time."--BERNAL DIAZ, vol. i. p. 220.

[49] Moffatt's Southern Africa, page 242, furnishes the following
complete illustration of the effect produced by horsemen and
fire-arms upon savage warriors. "The commando approached within
150 yards with a view to beckon some one to come out. On this,
the enemy commenced their terrible howl, and at once discharged
their clubs and javelins. Their black, dismal appearance and
savage fury, with their hoarse and stentorian voices, were
calculated to daunt; and the Griquas [horsemen], on their first
attack, wisely retreated to a short distance, and then drew up.
Waterboer, the chief, commenced firing, and leveled one of their
warriors to the ground; several more instantly shared the same
fate. It was confidently expected that their courage would be
daunted when they saw their warriors fall by an invisible weapon,
and it was hoped they would be humbled and alarmed, that thus
further bloodshed might be prevented. Though they beheld with
astonishment the dead and the stricken warriors writhing in the
dust, they looked with lion-like fierceness at the horsemen, and
yelled vengeance, violently wrenching the weapons from the hands
of their dying companions to supply the place of those they had
discharged at their antagonists. Sufficient intervals were
afforded, and every encouragement held out for them to make
proposals, but all was ineffectual. They sallied forth with
increased vigor, so as to oblige the Griquas to retreat, though
only to a short distance, for they never attempted to pursue
above 200 yards from their camp. The firing, though without any
order, was very destructive, as each took a steady aim. Many of