Zárate, having determined to proceed to Río de la Plata, sought from every source food to serve for the voyage, and in this search the Indians were deprived of whatever they possessed. By this their good-will was completely alienated. The incidents of the voyage and the landing constitute the theme of the tenth canto. The company had apparently not learned by their experience to view with calmness the varying phases of the sea, and when the sparkling waves rose to the stars, the women wept and the men uttered great cries, all assured that they were to be buried in the ocean. And after the storm had subsided, and they had approached the port of San Gabriel, a furious south wind arose, wrought havoc in the rigging of the vessels, and drove one of them upon the shore. Thus after a day of joy the passengers were overwhelmed in grief and agony (Canto X, Oct. 14): Pilotos y maestres, marineros, Grumetes, pajes, frailes y soldados, Mujeres y muchachos, pasajeros, Andaban dando voces muy turbados. [Sidenote: Among the Charrúas] Having landed, after the storm, they found themselves among the Charrúas, who seemed to Centenera to possess qualities that entitled them to be ranked with the Araucanians (Canto X, Oct. 27). La gente que aquí habita en esta parte Charruahas se dicen, de gran brío, A quien ha repartido el fiero Marte Su fuerza, su valor y poderío.... Es gente muy crecida y animosa, Empero sin labranza y sementera: En guerras y batallas, belicosa, Osada y atrevida en gran manera. [Sidenote: Fight with the Indians] The Charrúas occupied the region between Maldonado and the Uruguay. They had met with hostility the earlier explorers of the Río de la Plata, and they continued in hostile relations with the Europeans until they were finally exterminated in 1831. In an encounter between the forces of the chief Zapicán and Zárate’s soldiers, all but a few of the Spaniards were either killed or captured by the Indians. Centenera presents an abundance of details concerning this encounter, and refers to the action of Zapicán’s forces in the following spirited lines (Canto XI, Oct. 18): El zapicano ejército venía Con trompas y bocinas resonando; Al sol la polvareda obscurecía, La tierra del tropel está temblando: De sangre el suelo todo se cubría, Y el zapicano ejército gritando, Cantaba la victoria lastimosa Contra la gente triste y dolorosa.[91] [Sidenote: Character of _La Argentina_]