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ed, or lost their lives in the tumult. The clothes which had been saved from the fires of Mobile, were destroyed, and the Spaniards, now as naked as the natives, suffered from the cold. Weapons and equipments were consumed or spoiled. Had the Indians made a resolute onset on this night or the next, the Spaniards Chap. II.} 1541. would have been unable to resist. But in a respite of a week, forges were erected, swords newly tempered; and good ashen lances were made, equal to the best of Biscay. When the Indians attacked the camp, they Mar. 15. found the Christians prepared. All the disasters which had been encountered, far from diminishing the boldness of the governor, served only to confirm his obstinacy by wounding his pride. Should he, who had promised greater booty than Mexico or Peru had yielded, now return as a defeated fugitive, so naked that his troops were clad only in skins and mats of ivy? The search for some wealthy April 25. region was renewed; the caravan mar