XII. How Cortes despatches two of our principal officers, each
with one hundred men, to explore the interior of the country, and what
further took place 71

CHAP. XXXIII. Cortes issues orders that we should hold ourselves in
readiness to march against the Indians on the following day; he also
commands the horses to be brought on shore. How the battle terminates we
fought with them 73

CHAP. XXXIV. How we are attacked by all the caziques of Tabasco, and the
whole armed force of this province, and what further took place 74

CHAP. XXXV. How Cortes assembles all the caziques of this province, and
what further happened 77

CHAP. XXXVI. How all the caziques and calachonis of the river Grijalva
arrive with presents, and what happened after this 80

CHAP. XXXVII. How Dona Marina herself was a caziquess, and the daughter
of distinguished personages; also a ruler over a people and several
towns; and how she came to Tabasco 84

CHAP. XXXVIII. How we arrive with our vessels in San Juan de Ulua, and
what we did there 86

CHAP. XXXIX. How Teuthlille makes his report to Motecusuma, and gives
him our presents; as also what further took place in our camp 90

CHAP. XL. How Cortes goes in search of another harbour and a good spot
to found a colony, and what further happened 92

CHAP. XLI. What happened on account of our bartering for gold, and of
other things which took place in our camp 94

CHAP. XLII. How we elected Hernando Cortes captain-general and chief
justice until we should receive the emperor's commands on this head; and
what further happened 97

CHAP. XLIII. How the partisans of Diego Velasquez would not acknowledge
the power we had conferred upon Cortes, and what further took place 100

CHAP. XLIV. How Pedro de Alvarado was ordered to make an excursion into
the interior of the country, in order to procure maise and other
provisions; and what further happened 101

CHAP. XLV. How we marched into Sempoalla, which at that period was a
very consid