[247] The bishop of Búrgos, then at Valladolid, spoke so harshly to Puertocarrero that the latter ventured to remonstrate, and demand that their messages be forwarded to the king. A charge was now raked up against Puertocarrero of having three years before carried off a woman from Medellin to the Indies, and for this he was cast into prison. _Bernal Diaz_, _Hist. Verdad._, 38; _Vetancvrt_, _Teatro Mex._, pt. iii. 119. [248] Guzman appears to have started in October from Cuba, when Narvaez’ expedition against Cortés had already begun to be fitted out. _Carta de Velazquez_, Oct. 12, 1519, in _Col. Doc. Inéd._, i. 472-5; _Pacheco_ and _Cárdenas_, _Col. Doc._, xii. 246-51; _Carta al Figueroa_, in _Icazbalceta_, _Col. Doc._, i. 402; _Las Casas_, _Hist. Ind._, v. 2. His appeal to the Jeronimite Fathers, says Bernal Diaz, met only with rebuff. They considered that Cortés had done well to send so rich a present to the king. ‘Le embiaron al Diego Velazquez â Cuba â vn Licenciado que se dezia Zuazo para que le tomasse residencia ... Uelazquez, se congoxó mucho mas, y como de antes era muy gordo, se paró flaco en aquellos dias.’ _Hist. Verdad._, 38. Martin petitioned the bishop for the repair and return of the messengers’ vessel to Velazquez, together with another vessel, both to carry reinforcements to the Indies. This was needed, partly to prevent the possible conflict between Cortés’ party and the expedition fitting out under Velazquez to support the men he had already sent under Cortés as his lieutenant. _Memorial_, in _Col. Doc. Inéd._, i. 407-9. [249] _Sandoval_, _Hist. Carlos V._, i. 203. ‘Viniéronse con la corte hasta llegar á la Coruña, y en este camino los cognoscí yo.’ _Las Casas_, _Hist. Ind._, iv. 499; _Herrera_, dec. ii. lib. ix. cap. vii. [250] In the Manual de la Casa de Contratacion de la Indias is noted that the Cempoala natives were presented to the king, at Tordesillas, in February, or March, 1520, and the presents at Valladolid in April. The Indians were sent to Cuba at the close of March, 1521, except one who had died. _Cortés_, _Cartas_, 34; _Alaman_, _Disert._, i. 91-104. [251] According to Bernal Diaz the bishop of Búrgos retained not only the original letters of the king, but a portion of the presents, which produced a sharp letter from Charles. The duplicate letters reached him, however. _Hist. Verdad._, 38-9. This author is not well informed about the movements of the procuradores. He lets the king reach Flanders before they arrive, and there receive only the reports. CHAPTER XI. THE SINKING OF THE FLEET. JULY-AUGUST, 1519.