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How we arrive on the Bandera stream and gain 1500 pesos 29 Chap. XIV. How we come into the harbour of San Juan de Ulua 32 Chap. XV. Diego Velasquez sends out a small vessel in quest of us 33 Chap. XVI. What befel us on our coasting voyage along the Tusta and Tuspa mountains 34 Chap. XVII. Diego Velasquez despatches one of his officials to Spain 38 Chap. XVIII. Of some errors in the work of Francisco Lopez de Gomara 39 Chap. XIX. How another armament was fitted out for a voyage to the newly discovered countries; the command of which was given to Hernando Cortes, afterwards Marquis of the Vale of Oaxaca; also of the secret cabals which were formed to deprive him of it 42 Chap. XX. Of the designs and plans of Hernando Cortes after he had obtained the appointment of captain 45 Chap. XXI. Cortes' occupations at Trinidad, and of the cavaliers and warriors who there joined our expedition, and other matters 47 Chap. XXII. How the governor, Diego Velasquez, sends two of his officials in all haste to Trinidad, with full power and authority to deprive Cortes of his appointment of captain, and bring the squadron away, &c. 49 Chap. XXIII. Cortes embarks with all his cavaliers and soldiers in order to sail along the south side of the island to the Havannah, and sends off one of the vessels to go around the north coast for the same port 51 Chap. XXIV. Diego Velasquez sends one of his officials, named Gaspar Garnica, with full authority to take Cortes prisoner, whatever might be the consequence; and what further happened 54 Chap. XXV. Cortes sets sail with the whole squadron for the island of Cozumel, and what further took place 56 Chap. XXVI. Cortes reviews his troops, and what further happened 57 Chap. XXVII. Cortes receives information that two Spaniards are in the power of the Indians at the promontory of Cotoche: the steps he took upon this news 58 Chap. XXVIII. The manner in which Cortes divides the squadron. The officers whom he appointed to the command of the several vessels. His instructions to the pilots; the signals which were to be made with lanterns at night, &c. 62 Chap. XXIX. How the Spaniard Geronimo de Aguilar, who was in the power of the Indians, came to us when he learnt that we had again returned to the island of Cozumel, and what further happened 63 Chap. XXX. How we re-embark and sail for the river Grijalva, and what happened to us on our voyage there 66 Chap. XXXI. How we arrive in the river Grijalva, called in the Indian language the Tabasco; the battle we fought there; and what further took place 68 Chap. XXXII. How Cortes despatches two of our principal officers, each with one hundred men, to explore the interior of the country, and what further took place 71 Chap. XXXIII. Cortes issues orders that we should hold ourselves in readiness to march against the Indians on the following day; he also commands the horses to be brought on shore. How the battle terminates we fought with them 73