. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . he Cabildo of the city of Tala-manca, all of whom were his friends, with theresult that they consented to place some menat his disposal under the pretext that this wouldserve to bring in from their hiding places in theforests the Indians of the subjected tribes whowere not rendering service to their masters. So So jo set forth with twenty-eight soldiersand proceeded to the villages of Moyagua andXicagua, which had been pacified. There hecaused to be brought into his presence theIndians who had withdrawn to the woods andordered that some s
. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . he Cabildo of the city of Tala-manca, all of whom were his friends, with theresult that they consented to place some menat his disposal under the pretext that this wouldserve to bring in from their hiding places in theforests the Indians of the subjected tribes whowere not rendering service to their masters. So So jo set forth with twenty-eight soldiersand proceeded to the villages of Moyagua andXicagua, which had been pacified. There hecaused to be brought into his presence theIndians who had withdrawn to the woods andordered that some should have their ears cutoff and others their hair, the latter punishmentbeing the greatest possible affront he could haveoffered to his victims. Among the mutilated In-dians were two caciques of Moyagua. After thishe at once removed to Cabécar, where he was wellreceived. At this place he learned of the exist-ence of a temple where there was a number ofgolden idols, and, doubtless, as an appreciationof the hospitality received, despatched in secret a. CONQUEST OF COSTA RICA 331 mulatto slave of his, accompanied by three Indianservants, to steal the treasure. In this he wassuccessful. The Indians, being already justly indignantagainst Sojo, could not endure this last Ateos, Viceitas, Térrebes and Cabécaras re-sponded to the call of Guaycorá, cacique ofSucaca, and of Samamará, usékar or high priestof Cabécar,^^ and fell upon the camp of theSpaniards by surprise at dawn of the 29th ofJuly, 1610, killing two and wounding eight,among the latter being the Alcalde Juan Fer-nández, who lost both his hands and receivedseven wounds in the head, and the Padre Juande Ortega. Sojo, with much difficulty, suc-ceeded in driving off the Indians and fortifiedhimself as best he could. After several days,given over to the care of the wounded, he wasrelieved by two caciques from Xicagua andMoyagua at the head of a number of their sub-jects, and then pushed on to Doyabe, a places
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