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The same route followed as before; Batcab in reached	124
Chuntucí	124
The hardships of the journey	126
Approaching the ltzas	127
Tan Xuluc Mul; temples on a great height	128
Chakan Itza	128
The Chakan Itzas	129
Treatment of the natives	129
The Padres please other Indians by means of little gifts	130
The Padres renew their march	131
Nich	131
Indians arrive from Tayasal	132
Bravery of Avendaño	133
The landing at Tayasal; the idol	135
At the temple	136
The Padres read the letters	136
The curiosity of the Itzas	137
A baptism performed	138
Other Caciques arrive	139
The Caciques in war paint	140
Avendaño makes inquiries as to their manner of reckoning time	141
Avendaño explains the prophecies	143
Objection of Covoh	144
Discussion with Canek and others	145
Friendliness of Canek	146
Demonstrations against Canek	146
Leniency promised by the Padres	147
Avendaño takes steps to protect the Itzas from further molestation	148
The letter of counsel	148
Before leaving Tayasal, Avendaño shames Covoh	149
The hatred of the Chakan Itzas for the Padres increases	150
Canek helps the Padres to escape	151
Paredes’ stupidity; the plot of the Chakan Itzas	152
The Chakan Itzas are foiled by God	153
The departure of the Padres from Tayasal	153
Avendaño goes eastward to Yalain	154
Trouble with soldiers	155
The Padres suffer hardships and lose their way	157
Hard travel in the wilderness for fifteen days	158
Miracle of the bent branch	159
An uncomfortable night	160
Great want of food	161
The situation grows still worse	161
They find some miraculous honey	163
Two Padres go ahead	164
A desperate situation	165
They find some edible thistles	165
Some hills are reached	166
Deserted buildings	167
False hopes; further hardships	167