. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . as constructed for the in-valid; the soldiers accommodated themselves inthe houses in the village. They stayed here fifteendays, and then as a fmther result of the greatrains, the river overflowed its bed, submergingthe whole of the flat plain. So great was the in-undation that in the house of the cacique thewater rose to the height of mens of drowning, the soldiers asked Gon-zález Dávila for permission to seek safety in thetree-tops, but the Captain, who could not move,was left with a few faithful followers confinedto his
. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . as constructed for the in-valid; the soldiers accommodated themselves inthe houses in the village. They stayed here fifteendays, and then as a fmther result of the greatrains, the river overflowed its bed, submergingthe whole of the flat plain. So great was the in-undation that in the house of the cacique thewater rose to the height of mens of drowning, the soldiers asked Gon-zález Dávila for permission to seek safety in thetree-tops, but the Captain, who could not move,was left with a few faithful followers confinedto his room. The floods increased. One night—at midnight—the caciques house suddenly col-lapsed, and demolished the interior room. Allwithin would have perished had it not been thatby great good fortune a lamp standing beforethe image of the Virgin had remained alight, and,guided by its rays, they were enabled with anax to chop their way out of the ruins throughthe roof. González Dávila, found supportinghimself on his crutches among the debris of the. A Warkioh of Nioova. CONQUEST OF COSTA RICA 79 room, was carried from the wreck on the shoul-ders of his companions, and, with the aid of thosewho had sought refuge in the trees and who hadarrived on the scene in response to the cries forhelp, was placed in a hammock, swung betweentwo trees. In this position he remained for twodays under a torrential downpour of rain. AVhen the flood had subsided, the Captainordered the construction of huts in the trees,for fear of a recurrence of the catastrophe. Thisproved to be a wise precaution, for twice afterthis they had to seek refuge in them. In thedisaster the provisions were lost and many arti-cles of clothing and arms. It became necessary,later, to make shields of padded cotton to replacethe bucklers that had disappeared. For thesereasons González concluded to return to thecoast, which he was unable to reach by land be-cause of the extremely bad condition of the soilafter the inundat
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