text:  "Ave Maria!" repeated Metises and Zambos; and all friends and foes let their blood-dripping hands sink and bending their wild excited gaze upon the earth clasped and kissed the medals of the Virgin of Guadalupe which were hung round their necks and in tones of musical monotony began to pray--"Ave Maria audi nos peccadores!" All heads were bowed all hands folded; and kneeling upon the corpses of the slain these raging foes implored in humble formula forgiveness for themselves and their erring fellow-creatures