“FAITHFUL” in italiano

Dona Maria paid off her men in full, giving them even more than she had promised for faithful service, and discharged them honorably.

So they went chanting and praying all the way, being blessed and crossed by all the faithful persons who passed by.

By the time they felt safe enough to go back, dona Maria had cut the bonds of the Spaniard who was tied to the tree and had handed him a knife to free all the Indians that had been faithful to their mistress.

”When the mestizos were all busy about the packs, mending broken saddles, curing the sore backs of the mules, stuffing with grass the pads of the pack_saddles, and cooking their meals, dona Maria called the Spaniard who had been faithful.

Those damned robbers, those funking mestizos, if they behave well from now on, shall each receive a bonus of one fourth of what the faithful Indians shall have.

Not until one hundred years later were the faithful reminded of the fact that this miracle had occurred on the 12th of December 1531.