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The Indians bar the direct route , and his only way out , as far as I can see , is by taking to the mountains at Copari . '' `` My horse wo n't face a hill just now . '' Castro smiled , saying , `` The pass near Copari is too rugged for horses at any time ; the climbing must all be done on foot , '' and he smiled again at my gesture of despair . At ten o'clock Plaza was compelled to halt , three-fourths of the men being tired as dogs , while several horses had foundered on the road . He was very excited , having heard from the last Spaniard picked up that Santalla , thoroughly worn out , was barely two hours ' march in front . He glanced wrathfully at his tired troopers . There they lay , five minutes after the order to halt , sleeping like dead men , and for the time being certainly of no greater use .