how the indians rose against the gouernour, and what ensued thereupon.

the gouernour seeing the determination, and furious answere of the cacique, went about to pacifie him with faire words: to which he gaue no answere, but rather with much pride and disdaine, withdrew himselfe where the gouernor might not see him, nor speake with him. as a principall indian passed that way, the gouernor called him, to send him word, that hee might remaine at his pleasure in his countrie, and that it would please him to giue him a guide, and men for carriages, to see if he could pacifie him with mild words. the indians answered with great pride, that hee would not hearken vnto him. baltasar de gallégos, which stood by tooke hold of a gowne of marternes which hee had on; and he cast it ouer his head, and left it in his hands: and because all of them immediatly began to stirre, baltasar de gallégos gaue him such a wound with his coutilas, that hee opened him downe the backe, and presently all the indians with a great crie came out of the houses shooting their arrowes. the gouernour considering, that if hee tarried there, hee could not escape, and if hee commanded his men to come in, which were without the towne, the indians within the houses might kill their horses, and doe much hurt, ranne out of the towne, and before hee came out, hee fell twice or thrice, and those that were with him did helpe him vp againe; and he and those that were with him were sore wounded: and in a moment there were fiue christians slaine in the towne. the gouernour came running out of the towne, crying out, that euery man should stand farther off, because from the wall they did them much hurt. the indians seeing that the christians retired, and some of them, or the most part, more then an ordinary pase, shot with great boldnesse at them, and strooke downe such as they could ouertake. the indians which the christians did lead with them in chaines, had laid downe their burthens neere vnto the wall: and assoone as the gouernour and his men were retired, the men of mauilla laid them on the indians backs againe, and tooke them into the towne, and loosed them presently from their chaines, and gaue them bowes and arrowes to fight withall. al the clothes and perles of the christians were lost. thus they possessed themselues of al the clothes and perles, and all that the christians had, which their slaues carried. and because the indians had been alwaies peaceable vntill wee came to this place, some of our men had their weapons in their fardels and remained vnarmed. and from others that had entred the towne with the gouernour they had taken swords and halebards, and fought with them. when the gouernour was gotten into the field, hee called for an horse, and with some that accompanied him, hee returned and slew two or three indians: all the rest retired themselues to the towne, and shot with their bowes from the wall. and those which presumed of their nimblenes, sallied foorth to fight a stones cast from the wall: and when the christians charged them, they retired themselues at their leasure into the towne. at the time that the broile began, there were in the towne a frier, and a priest, and a seruant of the gouernour, with a woman slave: and they had no time to come out of the towne: and they tooke an house, and so remained in the towne. the indians beeing become masters of the place, they shut the doore with a field gate: and among them was one sword which the gouernors seruant had, and with it he set himselfe behind the doore, thrusting at the indians which sought to come into them: and the frier and the priest stood on the other side, each of them with a barre in their hands to beate him downe that first came in. the indians seeing they could not get in by the doore, began to vncouer the house top. by this time, all the horsemen and footemen which were behind, were come to mauilla. here there were sundrie opinions, whether they should charge the indians to enter the towne, or whether they should leaue it, because it was hard to enter: and in the end it was resolued to set vpon them.