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Page 247
... horses and musketeers and crossbow- men and sent as their captain a certain Alonzo de Álvarez Pineda or Pinedo often mentioned by me before . When he sent that fleet , as I have already related , the Indians of Panuco defeated it and ...
... horses and musketeers and crossbow- men and sent as their captain a certain Alonzo de Álvarez Pineda or Pinedo often mentioned by me before . When he sent that fleet , as I have already related , the Indians of Panuco defeated it and ...
Page 250
... horses by swimming , each canoe as it was rowed across leading a horse by a halter , and the horses were numerous and not very clever . On emerging from the river they got into some bad swamps and after suffering great hardship arrived ...
... horses by swimming , each canoe as it was rowed across leading a horse by a halter , and the horses were numerous and not very clever . On emerging from the river they got into some bad swamps and after suffering great hardship arrived ...
Page 348
... horses would stick in the mud and that these Indians were known to use these stratagems and make fortifi- cations and places to shoot from near to the swamps , but he would not believe it . The first to get stuck in the swamp was Rangel ...
... horses would stick in the mud and that these Indians were known to use these stratagems and make fortifi- cations and places to shoot from near to the swamps , but he would not believe it . The first to get stuck in the swamp was Rangel ...
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allies Alonzo already arrived arrows attack barricades battles begged Bishop of Burgos bridges brought Caciques called camp canoes Captain Luis Marin captains and soldiers captured Castile causeway Chalco CHAPTER Chiapanecs Chiapas chieftains Coatzacoalcos Conquistadores Cortés ordered Cortés saw Cortés sent Cortés's Coyoacan Cristóbal de Olid Cristóbal de Tápia crossbows Cuba defeated Diego Velásquez enemy expedition fighting fleet fought Francisco Francisco de Garay Garay gave gold Gonzalo de Sandoval Guatemoc happened horsemen horses houses Idols Indians Island Iztapalapa javelins Juan killed knew lake lances land launches leagues Let us leave letters Lord Luis Marin Majesty Mexicans Mexico musketeers and crossbowmen named Narvaez natives night Panuco pass peace Pedro de Alvarado pesos de oro prisoners promptly province pueblos Rangel retreat river Royal ships soon Spain Spaniards squadrons stones Tacuba Texcoco things Tlaxcalans told took town warriors wish wounded Xicotenga Zapotecs