The Cacique Also Presented
Him With Various Works Of Gold And Feathers, Which Are Much Valued Among
These People; And It Was Wonderful How Splendid Grijalva Appeared In All
These Fine Ornaments, For Which He Made Every Sign Of Gratitude To The
Cacique.
He called for a shirt of fine linen, which with his own hands he
put upon the cacique; then
Took off his coat of crimson velvet, with which
he clothed him, and put a pair of new shoes on his feet, and gave him some
of the finest strings of beads and looking-glasses, with scissars, knives,
and several articles of tin; and distributed many such among the caciques
attendants. What the cacique had given to Grijalva was computed to be
worth 3000 pieces of eight; among which was a wooden helmet covered with
thin plates of gold, and three or four masks, some of which were studded
with a sort of stones resembling emeralds. The sight of all these things
made the Spaniards eager to settle in a country which produced so much
wealth. Grijalva, after receiving this great present at Tabasco, was
sensible that the Indians were not willing he should prolong his stay; and
on asking for more gold, the Indians answered Culua, culua.
He now proceeded farther along the coast, and in two days came to a town
called Aqualunco, which the Spaniards called la Rambla. The
inhabitants of this place were seen at a distance, armed with targets of
tortoiseshell, which glittered so in the sun that the Spaniards believed
they had been of pale gold.
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