. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . ers toall the militia of the province to prepare for thedefense of the country in case of necessity. On receipt of the letter, he instantly sum-moned Sergeant-Major Alonso de Bonilla andordered him to set*out with four picked men toreconnoiter the road from Matina. Alonso deBonilla, a worthy descendant of the conquista-dores, straddled his mule, shouldered his arquebusand sallied forth. Behind him went CaptainPedro Venegas at the head of thirty-six men,with orders to construct trenches in the defilesof Quebrada Honda (Deep Ravine), a stra
. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . ers toall the militia of the province to prepare for thedefense of the country in case of necessity. On receipt of the letter, he instantly sum-moned Sergeant-Major Alonso de Bonilla andordered him to set*out with four picked men toreconnoiter the road from Matina. Alonso deBonilla, a worthy descendant of the conquista-dores, straddled his mule, shouldered his arquebusand sallied forth. Behind him went CaptainPedro Venegas at the head of thirty-six men,with orders to construct trenches in the defilesof Quebrada Honda (Deep Ravine), a strategicpoint with good natural defenses through whichthe enemy would be forced to pass. The fol-lowing day Captains Don José de Guevara andDon José de Bolívar, with infantry forces,marched out to man the trenches and CaptainDon José de Alvarado, with the cavalry, tookup his position at Santiago, to the west of theentrenchment. A little later, the Governor inhis turn likewise took the field with the rest ofthe troops, numbering altogether six hundred.
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