Note 824 — Chapter XXVI · LA NOCHE TRISTE. June 30, 1520.
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Ojeda was instructed to see that no somnolent or sick person was left. He found one man asleep on the roof and roused him. Herrera, dec. ii. lib. x. cap. xi. Gomara takes the trouble to deny the statement of Cano that 270 men, ignorant of Cortés’ departure, were left behind to perish. Oviedo, iii. 551. A later note will explain the cause of this rumor.