Thus separated they believed they could easily be destroyed.

The native, as a reward for this valuable confession, was secretly killed, and that night, with a heavy weight tied to him, was cast into the deep water.

But the others evidently suspected the trick, for the next day they showered arrows upon the camp.

The Spaniards pursued them and by means of their superior arms soon drove them into the mountains.

Diaz was then able to cross without molestation, his faithful Amerind allies of another tribe assisting.
Alarcon had conveyed in his letters the nature of the gulf and coast, so Diaz struck westward to see what he could find in that direction.