. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . ed the borders of a forest, where they dis-covered some Indian scouts who took flight ontheir approach, but the following morning alarge number of Indians, painted in war colors,black and red, suddenly fell upon the Spaniardswith hideous cries and a great noise of war hornsand tom-toms. Diego Gutiérrez, who at the mo-ment had separated himself from the camp, wasthe first to be killed. Like good Spaniards, thesoldiers defended themselves with courage, forc-ing back the Indians and killing many, but thelatter were reinforced and enabled to
. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . ed the borders of a forest, where they dis-covered some Indian scouts who took flight ontheir approach, but the following morning alarge number of Indians, painted in war colors,black and red, suddenly fell upon the Spaniardswith hideous cries and a great noise of war hornsand tom-toms. Diego Gutiérrez, who at the mo-ment had separated himself from the camp, wasthe first to be killed. Like good Spaniards, thesoldiers defended themselves with courage, forc-ing back the Indians and killing many, but thelatter were reinforced and enabled to resume theoffensive, and this time their adversaries couldoffer but slight resistance, so weakened had theybecome by hunger and fatigue. The battle did not last ten minutes. Of morethan forty men who accompanied Diego Gutiér-rez, one half met their deaths, among them thetwo negro slaves. With much difficulty andhardship the rest escaped through the few—and with these was Benzoni—returnedby the trail over which they had come. During a^BS^. C^ccn* Spanish (u,\t¿risTAi)i;. CONQUEST OF COSTA RICA 183 their retreat, they ran into a body of twenty-fivecaciques and leading Indian men, each wearingover his shoulders a mantle. Yet, though armedwith lances, the Indians bore no war paint. Thefugitives broke through the groups of chiefs and,
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