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Updated: June 19, 2025
He reported, that a short time before he came to us, his companion went to the water side to cut down a palmito, and soon afterwards, hearing him cry out, being as he supposed in the hands of the enemy, he ran towards us and gave the alarm. The soldier thus amissing, named Berrio, was the only person who escaped from Pontonchan unwounded.
That they already knew the Spaniards had killed and wounded above 200 of the people of Pontonchan; but that they were not so few and weak as the people of that place, and had been deputed to know their intentions, of which they would make a true report to a numerous assembly of wise men, who were waiting to determine on peace or war, according to their answer.
We found, however, a letter on shore, in which Escobar gave a minute account of the state of this harbour, representing the country in a favourable point of view; and we had the good fortune to rejoin his ship next day. We were now off the point of Pontonchan, the natives of which place Cortes and many of us were much inclined to punish for their conduct in the two former expeditions.
This seems the place named Pontonchan in the former voyage. These were probably swivel guns mounted on the bows of their boats. According to Clavigero, I. 240, the proper name of this Mexican sovereign was Moteuczoma. Named Tezcatlipoca by Clavigero, and said to be the god of providence, the soul of the world, and the creator of all things.
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