The troops, having heard mass, marched out in
order, preceded by twenty Biscayans and Asturians
having as their captain Martin de Ochoa, a leader
of great Melity and bravery, furnished with axes to
open a road where they could not get along. At
this moment there arrived two Indians, who said
that they had been at the French fort six days
before, and who " seemed like angels " to the sol-
diers, sent to guide their march. Halting for refresh-
ment and rest wherever suitable places could be
found, and the Adelantado always with the van-
guard, in four days they reached the vicinity of the
fort, and came up within less than a quarter of a
league of it, concealed by a grove of pine trees. It
rained heavily, and a severe storm prevailed. The
place where they had halted was a very bad one,
and very marshy ; but he decided to stop there, and
went back to seek the rearguard, lest they might
lose the way.
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