Note 288 — Chapter XII · MARCH TOWARD MEXICO. August-September, 1519.

‘Segun algunos que lo vieron, cortaron cercen de vn golpe cada pescueço con riendas y todo.’ Gomara, Hist. Mex., 71. ‘Io viddi che cõbattẽdosi vn dì, diede vn Indiano vna cortellata a vn cauallo ... nel petto, che glielo aperse fin alle ĩteriora, et cadde icõtanẽte morto, & ... che vn’ altro Indiano diede vn’ altra cortellata a vn’ altro cauallo su il collo che se lo gettò morto.’ Relatione per vn gentil’huomo, in Ramusio, Viaggi, iii. 305. According to Duran two warriors stepped forth from a vast Tlascalan army before the regular battle, and issued a challenge, which was accepted by two horsemen. After a short combat the Indians, by deft movements, killed both horses, cutting off the neck of one, and wounding the other in the pasterns. Hist. Ind., MS., ii. 411-20; Tezozomoc, Hist. Mex., ii. 255-6. This attack is the only resistance admitted by Camargo. The assailants were all Otomís, who killed one Spaniard and two horses. Hist. Tlax., 146.