By that time the Indian returned with this answer, the Governor had betaken himself to bed, being evil handled with fevers, and was much aggrieved that he was not in case to pass presently the river and to seek him, to see if he could abate that pride of his, considering the river went now very strongly in those parts; for it was near half a league broad, and sixteen fathoms deep, and very furious, and ran with a great current; and on both sides there were many Indians, and his power was not now so great, but that he had need to help himself rather by slights than by force. The Indians of _Guachoya_ came every day with fish in such numbers, that the town was full of them. The cacique said, that on a certain night he of _Quigalta_ would come to give battle to the Governor. Which the Governor imagined that he had devised, to drive him out of his country, and commanded him to be put in hold: and that night and all the rest, there was good watch kept. He asked him wherefore _Quigalta_ came not? He said that he came, but that he saw him prepared, and therefore durst not give the attempt: and he was earnest with him to send his captains over the river, and that he would aid him with many men to set upon _Quigalta_. The Governor told him that as soon as he was recovered, himself would seek him out. And seeing how many Indians came daily to the town, and what store of people was in that country, fearing they should all conspire together and plot some treason against him; and because the town had some open gaps which were not made an end of inclosing, besides the gates which they went in and out by: because the Indians should not think he feared them, he let them all alone unrepaired; and commanded the horsemen to be appointed to them, and to the gates: and all night the horsemen went the round; and two and two of every squadron rode about, and visited the scouts that were without the town in their standings by the passages, and the crossbow-men that kept the canoes in the river. And because the Indians should stand in fear of them, he determined to send a captain to _Nilco_, for those of _Guachoya_ had told him that it was inhabited; that by using them cruelly, neither the one nor the other should presume to assail him; and he sent _Nunez de Touar_ with fifteen horsemen, and _John de Guzman_ captain of the footmen, with his company in canoes up the river. The Cacique of _Guachoya_ sent for many canoes and many warlike Indians to go with the Christians: and the captain of the Christians, called _Nunez de Touar_ went by land with his horsemen, and two leagues before he came to _Nilco_ he stayed for _John de Guzman_, and in that place they passed the river by night: the horsemen came first, and in the morning by break of day in sight of the town they lighted upon a spy; which as soon as he perceived the Christians, crying out amain fled to the town to give warning. _Nunez de Touar_ and his