HISTORY OF THE SPANISH CONQUEST OF YUCATAN AND OF THE ITZAS

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covet all, the act of touching and the desire to take everything
becoming uppermost with them, rather than the modest civility of asking
for it...."


The Padres Renew their March. "With great demonstrations of love they
loaded themselves with all our goods and supplies (except the sacred
robes, since we did not bring them till we knew that the outcome was
safe) without giving an opportunity to any of the singers whom we had
brought with us to carry anything. With this accompanying we set out on
the road which leads in the direction of the East, for Peten Ytza,
which is about five leagues off, all the Indians who lived round Cha
Kan Ytza accompanying us with their wives and children, giving shouts
of joy in order to excite the rest to accompany us."


Nich. "We went on in this manner to the landing place of the lake where