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cabeza : front, head

cadáveres : corpses

caídos : fallen

capitán : captain

carabela : caravel

cargaban : they loaded / carried

cargaron : they carried / loaded

cargó : it carried / loaded

caso : hacer caso: to pay attention, to take notice

castigando : punishing

cayó : fell

chaparrales : chaparrals

chuzas : the usual meaning is untidy hair, ratsītails, which is not the meanig in the text

cielo : sky

ciento : hundred

Cinco : five

columnitas : little columns

combate : combat

comenzaban : they started

como : as

cómo : how

compañeros : fellow

completa : complete

con : with

concluído : finished

confianza : confidence

consejos : advice

convencieron : se convencieron : they were convinced

convertían : they turned

convulsa : convulsed

corrían : they run

corrieron : they run

costa : coast, bank

creyeron : they believed

cristianos : Christians. Indians were not Christians

cuando : when

cuatro : four

cubierta : deck

cuestilla : little slope