But his pride would not permit him to reply.
"You will be kept under close guard," said the General.

"I will give that duty to the men of Tlascala.

They are infantry and to-morrow you march on foot with them.

Colonel Almonte, you did well to take the prisoner, but you need trouble yourself no longer about him." Two men of the Tlascalan company were summoned and they took Ned with them.

The name "Tlascala" had appealed to Ned at first.