ABSTRACT
There was a growing discontent among the men at their longer residence in this strange land. They were more dissatisfied on learning the general's intention to remove to the neighbourhood of the port discovered by Montejo. The regidores, alguacil, treasurer, and other functionaries were then appointed, all of them his personal friends and adherents. In the midst of their conference, they were interrupted by a movement among the people, and soon afterwards five men entered the great square or market-place, where they were standing. The intelligence gained by Cortes confirmed the accounts already gathered of the feelings and resources of the Totonac nation. Harmony being thus restored, Cortes sent his heavy guns on board the fleet, and ordered it to coast along the shore to the north as far as Chiahuitztla, the town near which the destined port of the new city was situated; proposing, himself, at the head of his troops, to visit Cempoalla, on the march.
