 Hernán Cortés was informed by an Indian prisoner, that the Indians would attack the town, so he ordered that all horses be unloaded from the ships and that soldiers prepare their weapons.The next day, early in the morning, Cortés and his men went through plains to Cintla or Centla, subject towns of Potonchán, where the day before Alvarado and Lugo had fought against the natives.There they found thousands of Indians, beginning Battle of Centla.