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Rh garrisoned, with a larger force, and thither were sent Narvaez and Salvatierra in chains.

As for the rest, Cortés applied himself with his usual skill to recompense those who had remained true, and to conciliate the yet unreconciled. He reminded them that they had come not to risk their lives for Velazquez, but to gain honor and wealth under the banner of the king, and he was prepared to aid in this by offering them equal terms with his veterans. As an earnest he restored within two days their arms to all except few leaders, and ordered his men to return the horses, weapons, and other effects taken by them as spoils of war. What with