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darkness under the blows of the spaniards while trying to capture the latter alive for an offering to their god.

The catholic church is a kind of mother to all paganism so long as it shall be disguised under the name of her saints. Inside of the chapel a constant procession of the faithful went on with bending knees and fervent kisses bestowed on the floor, the glass covers to images &c. From the wall of the stairway a picturesque view of the city & valley with its surrounding mts. and the surging multitude below is well worth a pilgrimage.