Note XXVI-15 — Chapter XXVI · EXPEDITION TO SALVADOR. 1524.
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Herrera affirms that they were from Nancintlan, and had the custom of fighting with little bells, 'sendas campanillas,' in their hands. Juarros states that all inquiries to discover the reason of this practice have been useless. Herrera, dec. iii. lib. v. cap. x.; Juarros, Guat. (ed. London, 1823), 232; also Gomara, Hist. Mex., 232.