_Cortes_ innuited them diuers times with peace, and seing it preuailed not, he begä his warres in earnest. Their enimies lykewise with the fauour of the _Culhuacans_ were braue and lustie, and began to stoppe and defend their pretended entraunce. And they beyng many in number, with diuers valiant men among them, began to skirmishe sundry times, but at the end, they were ouerthrowen, and many slayne, without killing any Spaniarde, although many _Tlaxcaltecas_ were killed that day. The Lordes and principall persons of _Tepeacac_ seyng theyr ouerthrow, and that their strength coulde not preuayle, yéelded themselues vnto _Cortes_ for vassalles of the Emperour, with condition to banish for euer their allied friendes of _Culhua_. And that he should punishe and correct at his will and pleasure, all those whiche were occasion of the death of the twelue Spaniardes. For which causes and obstinacie, at the firste _Cortes_ iudged by his sentence, that all the townes whiche had bene priuie to the murder, should for euer remaine captiues and slaues: others affirme that he ouercame them without any condition, and corrected them for their disobedience, being Sodomites, idolaters and eaters of mans flesh, and chiefly for exäple of all others. And in conclusion, they were condemned for slaues, and within twenty daies that these warres lasted, he pacified all that prouince, which is very great: he draue from thëce the _Culhuacans_: he threw downe the idols, and the chiefest persons obeyed him. And for more assuraunce he builte there a towne, naming it _Segura de la Frontera_: he appoynted all officers for the purpose, being a towne situated in the high way from _Vera Crux_ to _Mexico_, whereby the Christians and straungers mighte passe without daunger. In these warres serued lyke faithfull friendes the _Indians_ of _Tlaxcallan_, _Huexocinco_ and _Cholalla_, promysing the lyke seruice and succour agaynst _Mexico_, yea and rather better than worse. With this victory the Spaniardes recouered great fame, for they were thought to haue bene slayne. The great auctoritie that Cortez _had among the Indians_. After all these things were finished, _Cortes_ cömaunded & gaue licence to al the _Indian_ friëds, to returne home vnto their houses, except his assured friends of _Tlaxcallan_, whö he kept in his company for the warres of _Mexico_: he nowe dispatched a poste to _Vera Crux_, commaundyng that foure of the shippes which _Naruaez_ had brought, should be sent with al spéede to y^e Iland of _Santo Domingo_, for men, horses, armour, pouder & other munition, also for wollen cloth, linnen, shooes, and many other things: and wrote his letters for the same to the licenciat _Rodrigo de Figueroa_, and to the whole magistrates of Chancery, certifying them of all their procéedings in that countrey; beséechyng them of helpe and succour, and that forthwith to be sent by the messenger.