...herds in. The historian of the party described what happened. The cattle started very nicely towards the corral, but soon they turned back in a stampede...through them in a mass, it was impossible to stop them. . . . For several days they tried a thousand ways of shutting them in or of surrounding them, but in...

...back in a stampede towards the men . . . rushing through them in a mass," and fled in all directions: "It was impossible to stop them, because they are...and so cunning that if pursued they run . . . and if their pursuers stop or slacken their speed they stop and roll, just like mules, and with this respite...

...Taken aback by the unfamiliar bison, the Spaniards attempted unsuccessfully to corral a large herd. "They are cattle terribly obstinate, courageous beyond...exaggeration, and so cunning that if pursued they run," lamented Zaldivar. Disgusted with, yet fascinated by, these "marvelous and laughable" creatures, Zaldivar...