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Page 50
... trench along with ours and were not recognized , nor did they make themselves known . They carried pikes and halberds . The governor had remained behind in the trench at the Caleta and had gathered up the men who kept their positions ...
... trench along with ours and were not recognized , nor did they make themselves known . They carried pikes and halberds . The governor had remained behind in the trench at the Caleta and had gathered up the men who kept their positions ...
Page 98
... trench . Being in this expectancy , an harquebus was fired as a signal to let them have a volley , and all fired their harquebuses and gave them three or four rounds , one after the other . At the third volley deponent heard Captain ...
... trench . Being in this expectancy , an harquebus was fired as a signal to let them have a volley , and all fired their harquebuses and gave them three or four rounds , one after the other . At the third volley deponent heard Captain ...
Page 118
... trench out by Hanged Man's Swamp . The Tolu company was ordered to hold San Francisco bridge . Captain San Miguel ( p . 137 ) and Captain Diego Perez were sent to the Caleta trench . Deponent's company was in a sand trench on the beach ...
... trench out by Hanged Man's Swamp . The Tolu company was ordered to hold San Francisco bridge . Captain San Miguel ( p . 137 ) and Captain Diego Perez were sent to the Caleta trench . Deponent's company was in a sand trench on the beach ...
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INTRODUCTION | xvii |
April 6 1585 | 8 |
Licentiate Aliaga to the Crown Xagua January 13 1586 | 16 |
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