A Spanish traveler had met an Indian in the midst of a desert. Both were on horseback. The Spaniard who was afraid his horse could not carry him much further, asked the Indian who had a younger and stronger one to make exchange. He refused as was right. The Spaniard picked a quarrel with him; they came to blows; but the Spaniard being well-armed, easily seized the horse the coveted, and continued his journey. The Indian followed him into the nearest town, and laid his complaint before the Judge. The Spaniard had to appear and bring the horse; he maintained that the Indian was not speaking the truth that the horse belonged to him, and that he reared it.