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In these he sent off four hundred Spaniards and thirty horses3.3 under the charge of Christoval de Olid, who had orders to take on at Havana as many more troops as were ready to go.

From History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII. by Means, Philip Ainsworth

Don Fernando Cortes was greatly enraged that Christoval de Olid, his old friend, should thus have risen up against him, causing so much ruin.

From History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII. by Means, Philip Ainsworth

On his return to Mexico, Olid brought samples of pearls from Colima, and reports of an Amazon Island ten days up the coast, where there were said to be great riches.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

He spurs into the water; Catalan the Left-handed, Juan of Salamanca, Torpo the Growler, Ferdinand of Bilboa, and De Olid the Devil's Ketch, they spring after him!—There they go!

From Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Bird, Robert Montgomery

Others of the troops were to assemble at Naco, quite an important town, where Olid had been executed.

From Hernando Cortez Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)