Results of the Enterprises of Cortés 173 CHAPTER III DEFECTION OF OLID--DREADFUL MARCH TO HONDURAS--EXECUTION OF GUATEMOZIN--DOÑA MARINA--ARRIVAL AT HONDURAS Defection of Olid 175 Cortés prepares to visit Honduras 176 The General’s Retinue 177 Obstacles on the March 179 Passes near Palenque 180 Lost in the Mazes of the Forests 181 Builds a stupendous Bridge 182 Horses sink in the Marshes 182 Reports of a Conspiracy 183 Guatemozin arrested 184 His Execution 185 His Character 185 Feelings of the Army 187 Cause of the Execution 187 Cortés’ Remorse 188 Prosecution of the March 189 Lake of Peten 189 Doña Marina 190 Her Meeting with her Mother 190 She marries a Castilian Knight 191 Her Son Don Martin 192 Missionaries in the Isles of Peten 192 Passage of “the Mountain of Flints” 193 Army arrives at Honduras 194 Famine in the Colony 195 Cortés reaches Truxillo 196 Prepares to reduce Nicaragua 196 His romantic Daring 197 Tidings from Mexico 198 CHAPTER IV DISTURBANCES IN MEXICO--RETURN OF CORTÉS--DISTRUST OF THE COURT--CORTÉS RETURNS TO SPAIN--DEATH OF SANDOVAL--BRILLIANT RECEPTION OF CORTÉS--HONORS CONFERRED ON HIM Misrule in Mexico 199 Cortés attempts to return 200 Driven back by the Tempest 200 His Despondency 201 Embarks once more for Mexico 201 Lands near San Juan de Ulua 201