 Tabscoob responded that they lived happily as they were, and that they needed no other lord, and that if Grijalva wanted to preserve his friendship with Tabscoob, the Spanish expedition should leave.Grijalva, after stocking water and provisions, embarked on his way to Culua (modern-day San Juan de Ulúa).On March 12, 1519, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés reached the mouth of the Grijalva River.