. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . CONQUEST OF COSTA RICA 363 men—badly armed, however, because of thegreat scarcity of guns. But all were bent ondoing their duty, for these Spanish colonists ofCosta Rica had not, like so many others, lost thewarrior virtues of their forebears. The rugged-ness of the mountains had compelled them to pre-serve their bodily vigor; from continuous strug-gles with the Indians, they were still accustomedto fighting.^ Meanwhile the buccaneers arrived at Tur-rialba on the 15th of April. Entering that vil-lage they saw a saddled mule and asked anIn
. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . CONQUEST OF COSTA RICA 363 men—badly armed, however, because of thegreat scarcity of guns. But all were bent ondoing their duty, for these Spanish colonists ofCosta Rica had not, like so many others, lost thewarrior virtues of their forebears. The rugged-ness of the mountains had compelled them to pre-serve their bodily vigor; from continuous strug-gles with the Indians, they were still accustomedto fighting.^ Meanwhile the buccaneers arrived at Tur-rialba on the 15th of April. Entering that vil-lage they saw a saddled mule and asked anIndian woman to whom it belonged. Thewoman replied that it belonged to Sergeant-Ma j or Alonso de Bonilla, who was out with asearching party of several arquebusiers, addingthat the Governor was awaiting them at Que-brada Honda with a large force of soldiers. Shegave them besides all the data they requested asto distances and roads. Then, having lodgedthemselves in the Cabildo, the church and the •The Governor of Costa Rica, Don Juan Francisco SaenzV
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