He had come to have a faith in Cortez, almost as absolute as that entertained by the general's devoted followers; and he well knew that, if he still thought there was a possibility of a successful march to Mexico, that march would be made.

He now, therefore, waited with impatience for Cortez to be on his feet again.
But the waiting was long and tedious.

Four weeks passed before the general was again himself.
As soon as he became convalescent, the regulations which he issued for the army, and the orders that he sent to the coast, for every available man to be sent up to reinforce him, showed the soldiers that he had no intentions of retiring; and a remonstrance was signed, by a large number of officers and soldiers, against a further stay in the country.

But Cortez was not shaken.

He prayed them not to discredit the great name they had won, nor to leave their glorious enterprise for others, more daring, to finish.