They learned not only to make extra-long spears to rival Spanish lances but also to zigzag their canoes so quickly in unexpected patterns that the Spaniards could not easily take aim from their brigantines. Yet such tactics could not bring them victory; they could only hinder their enemies. The old men remembering their people’s efforts found it too painful to say this directly, but one came close. “In this way, the war took somewhat longer.”
