Note 939 — Chapter XXVIII · INVALUABLE FRIENDSHIP. July-September, 1520.
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Bernal Diaz states that Cortés did not go, but sent Olid a sharp letter, which roused him to proceed with the expedition. But our chronicler was sick with fever all this time, and has evidently not been well informed. Cortés’ description of the route and of different occurrences indicates that he must have been present.