text:  Holy Virgin of Guadalupe! A silver candlestick and ten wax tapers an inch thick so soon as I can obtain them if thou wilt deliver us from this strait!" He was interrupted in his ejaculations by the sound of a volley of small arms from the wood and the next instant a herd of half-naked Indians Metises and Zambos with scarcely any clothing but sheepskins round their bodies and straw-hats upon their heads rushed out from under the trees closely pursued by the dragoons of the regiment of Espana who began to gallop along the edge of the plateau and surround the open space on all sides