Neither my father nor myself have been strong enough to set ourselves against the priests; but he, as well as I, believed that my grandfather was right, and that the Unknown God is the ruler of the world.

My sister has of course, been educated by the priests; but she knows my father's opinions, and my own.

She has a horror of the human sacrifices, and believes that there must be a greater and better God than those who are said to delight in blood.
So you need not fear that she will make any difficulty as to accepting what you tell her of the white man's God.
"Now I will fetch her in to you.

I think it will be better to allow a short time to pass, and to see how matters go in Mexico, before announcing to others your approaching marriage.

If any misfortune should happen to the Spaniards, I should at once publish the news, and have the ceremony performed without loss of time; proclaiming to the people that, although white, you are not of the same race as the Spaniards.