ead-quarters at
Sempoalla, and what he did there 308

CHAP. CXVIII. How Cortes reviews the whole of his troops, and we are
supplied with two hundred and fifty very long new lances, by the
Tchinantecs 310

CHAP. CXIX. How Duero, with the soldier Usagre and two of his Indian
servants from Cuba, arrived in our camp; who this Duero was, and the
reason of his visit, &c. 311

CHAP. CXX. How Juan Velasquez arrives in Narvaez's head-quarters, and
what took place there 314

CHAP. CXXI. What took place in Narvaez's quarters after the return to
our camp of the ambassadors we had sent there 318

CHAP. CXXII. The order of our march against Narvaez; the speech Cortes
made to us; and our reply to it 320

CHAP. CXXIII. How the 2000 Indians of Chinantla, whom Cortes had
demanded of the caziques there, arrived at Sempoalla after Narvaez's
defeat 329

CHAP. CXXIV. How Cortes despatches Francisco de Lugo, with two men who
had formerly been ship-builders, to the harbour where Narvaez's flotilla
lay, to bring all the captains and pilots of the vessels to Sempoalla
329

CHAP. CXXV. How we all, including Narvaez's troops, hasten to Mexico by
forced marches 333

CHAP. CXXVI. How the Mexicans made war upon us, and the battles we
fought with them 337

CHAP. CXXVII. Cortes determines to announce Motecusuma's death to the
Mexican generals and chiefs who are at war with us 345

CHAP. CXXVIII. How we come to the determination of leaving Mexico
secretly at night; and what further happened 347

CHAP. CXXIX. How we quartered ourselves in the metropolis of Tlascalla,
and what we did there 359

CHAP. CXXX. How we marched into the province of Tepeaca, what we did
there, and of other things which happened 365

CHAP. CXXXI. How a vessel, which had been sent by Diego Velasquez from
Cuba, arrived at Vera Cruz, commanded by the cap