The country was mountainous and wild, and it must have been far in the interior, for the Cordillera were in sight.

The Indians, men, women, and children, were about one hundred and ten in number, and they were nearly all taken or killed, for the soldiers sabre every man.

The Indians are now so terrified that they offer no resistance in a body, but each flies, neglecting even his wife and children; but when overtaken, like wild animals, they fight against any number to the last moment.

One dying Indian seized with his teeth the thumb of his adversary, and allowed his own eye to be forced out sooner than relinquish his hold.

Another, who was wounded, feigned death, keeping a knife ready to strike one more fatal blow.