tain Pedro Barba, and
the manner in which Caballero captured her 369

CHAP. CXXXII. How the inhabitants of Quauhquechola called upon Cortes,
and begged of him to drive out the Mexican troops from their town, as
they were plundered and ill-used by them 370

CHAP. CXXXIII. How one of the vessels which Francisco de Garay had
fitted out for the object of forming settlements on the river Panuco,
put in at Vera Cruz, and what further happened 373

CHAP. CXXXIV. How Cortes despatches Sandoval with 200 men, among which
were twenty horse and twelve crossbow-men, to punish the tribes of
Xalatzinco and Zacatemi, for having put some Spaniards to death, and to
demand restitution of the gold they had robbed us of; and also further
to explore the country 375

CHAP. CXXXV. How all the slaves we had taken in Tepeaca, Quauhquechola,
Tecalco, and Castilblanco, were brought together in our head-quarters,
and branded with an iron, in his majesty's name 379

CHAP. CXXXVI. How the chief officers and principal personages of
Narvaez's troops request leave to return to Cuba, which Cortes grants,
and they accordingly leave; also how our general sends ambassadors to
Spain, St. Domingo, and Jamaica 381

NOTES 387

[Transcriber's Notes: The errata below have been corrected in the
text. Footnote 24 has also been moved to its correct position in the text.]

ERRATA.

P. 17, _l._ 3, _for_ Fronseca, _read_ Fonseca.
17, 24, _for_ dubbloons, _read_ doubloons.
20, 18, _for_ Chaopa, _read_ Chiapa.
20, 26, _for_ Mautanzas, _read_ Matanza.
31, 8, _for_ this, _read_ their.
31, 28, _for_ surrounded, _read_ surmounted.
51, 17, _for_ his, _read_ its
P. 53, _l._ 19, _read_ whom the king Quauhtemoctzin took.
126, 2, _for_ which, _read_ whom.
230, 22, _for_ were, _read_ was.
355, 9, _for_ when, _read_ where.
365, 33, _for_ were the townships, _read_ was the township.

CONQUEST

OF

MEXICO AND NEW SPAIN.

CHAPTER I.

_The time of my departure from Castile, and what further happened to
me._

In the year