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Updated: May 14, 2025
But the presence of the child appeared to reassure him. "Good-morning, Don José," said I, using the common name which is applied in Mexico to all the Indians. "God preserve you," replied he, speaking in broken Spanish. "Are you all alone?" "No. I have six companions." "Well, will one of you sell us some maize-cakes, and give us some water?" "We have neither water nor cakes."
'The kings of each city levied tolls on us, but would not suffer us to enter their gates. They threw us bread over the walls, little maize-cakes baked in honey and cakes of fine flour filled with dates. For every hundred baskets we gave them a bead of amber. 'When the dwellers in the villages saw us coming, they poisoned the wells and fled to the hill-summits.
After the baggage had been equally divided, and every thing that was useless thrown away, I counted the maize-cakes, our only food, and found we had enough victuals for several days, besides crayfish, and the flesh of an armadillo. We filled our gourds up to the necks with water and corked them tightly, then lay down in the shade to gain strength for our next stage.
In another day all our maize-cakes would be exhausted, and the rice was of no use without water. Fatigue gradually dispelled these gloomy thoughts, and we fell asleep. I awoke about four o'clock in the afternoon, and was dismayed to find that l'Encuerado had deserted us, accompanied by Gringalet.
'The kings of each city levied tolls on us, but would not suffer us to enter their gates. They threw us bread over the walls, little maize-cakes baked in honey and cakes of fine flour filled with dates. For every hundred baskets we gave them a bead of amber. 'When the dwellers in the villages saw us coming, they poisoned the wells and fled to the hill-summits.
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