Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Booknd sailors of the said vessel who had stepped on shore; also what further took place 136 CHAP. LXI. How we set out on our march to the city of Mexico, and, upon the advice of the caziques, take our road over Tlascalla. What took place here, and of the battles we fought 138 CHAP. LXII. How we commenced our march upon Tlascalla, and sent messengers before us, to obtain the sanction of the inhabitants to pass through their country; how they took our messengers prisoners; and what further happened 143 CHAP. LXIII. Of the terrible battles we fought with the Tlascallans, and what further happened 146 CHAP. LXIV. How we quartered ourselves in the township of Tehuacacinco, and what we did there 149 CHAP. LXV. Of the great battle we fought with the Tlascallans, and what further took place 150 CHAP. LXVI. How we sent a message next day to the caziques of Tlascalla to bring about peace between us, and the determination they came to upon this 153 CHAP. LXVII. How we again sent messengers to the caziques of Tlascalla in order to induce them to make peace, and the resolution they came to upon this 157 CHAP. LXVIII. How we came to the determination of marching to a township in the neighbourhood of our camp, and what happened upon this 158 CHAP. LXIX. How we found, on our return to our encampment, that new intrigues had been set on foot; and the answer Cortes gave to certain representations which were made to him 160 CHAP. LXX. How the captain Xicotencatl assembled 20,000 chosen warriors to make an attack upon us in our camp, and what happened upon this 165 CHAP. LXXI. How four chief personages arrived in our camp to negotiate terms of peace with us, and what further happened 167 CHAP. LXXII. How ambassadors arrive in our camp from Motecusuma, and of the presents they brought with them 170 CHAP. LXXIII. How the captain-general Xicotencatl arrives in our camp to negotiate terms of peace; the speech he made, and what further happened 171 CHAP. LXXIV. How the old caziques of Tlascalla arrived in our camp and invited Cortes and all of us to visit their city, and what further happened 175 CHAP. LXXV. How we marched into the city of Tlascalla, and were received by the old caziques; of the present they made us, and how they brought us their daughters and nieces; and what further happened 176 CHAP. LXXVI. How mass was said in the presence of a great number of caziques, and of the present the latter brought us 178 CHAP. LXXVII. How the caziques presented their daughters to Cortes and all of us, and what further happened 180 CHAP. LXXVIII. How Cortes gained some information respecting Mexico from Xicotencatl and Maxixcatzin 183 CHAP. LXXIX. How our captain Hernando Cortes and all our officers and soldiers determine to march to Mexico 187 CHAP. LXXX. How the great Motecusuma despatched four ambassadors to us, all men in high authority, with presents in gold and cotton stuffs, and what they said to our captains 190 CHAP. LXXXI. How the inhabitants of Cholulla despatched four Indians to us, all men of no distinction, to apologise for not having visited us in Tlascalla, and what further happened 192 CHAP. LXXXII. How we arrived in the town of Cholulla, and the brilliant reception we met with 193 CHAP. LXXXIII. How the inhabitants of Cholulla concerted a plan, at the instigation of Motecusuma, to murder us all, and what further happened 195 CHAP. LXXXIV. The negotiations we set on foot with the great Motecusuma, and the ambassadors we sent him 208 CHAP. LXXXV. How the powerful Motecusuma sends a valuable present in gold to us, and the message which accompanied it, and how we all agree to commence our march upon Mexico; and what further happened 210 CHAP. LXXXVI. How we set out on our march to Mexico; what happened to us on our route; and the message Motecusuma sent us 212 CHAP. LXXXVII. How the powerful Motecusuma again sends ambassadors to us with a present of gold and cotton stuffs: that monarch's message to Cortes, and the answer he returns 216 CHAP. LXXXVIII. The magnificent and pompous reception which the powerful Motecusuma gave to Cortes and all of us, on our entrance into the great city of Mexico 220 CHAP. LXXXIX. How Motecusuma, accompanied by several caziques, pays us a visit in our quarters, and of the discourse that passed between him and our general 223 CHAP. XC. How our general, the day following, paid a visit to Motecusuma, and of the discourse that passed between them 225 CHAP. XCI. Of Motecusuma's person, disposition, habits, and of his great power 228 CHAP. XCII. Our general takes a walk through Mexico, and views the Tlatelulco, (the great square,) and the chief temple of Huitzilopochtli 235 CHAP. XCIII. How we erect a chapel and altar in our quarters with a cross on the outside; discover the treasure of Motecusuma's father; and determine to seize the monarch's person and imprison him in our quarters 244 CHAP. XCIV. Of the battle which the Mexican generals fought with Escalante and the Totonaque tribes 247 CHAP. XCV. Of the imprisonment of Motecusuma, and what further happened 249 CHAP. XCVI. How our general appoints Alonso Grado lieutenant of Vera Cruz, and Sandoval alguacil-major of the same place 255 CHAP. XCVII. How we entertained and amused Motecusuma during his confinement, and granted him permission to visit his temple 258 CHAP. XCVIII. How Cortes orders two large brigantines to be built for the navigation of the lake of Mexico; Motecusuma begs permission to visit his temples to offer up his prayers there; and what Cortes said to him when he granted this permission 261 CHAP. XCIX. How our two brigantines are launched, and Motecusuma, expressing a wish to go a hunting, sails in one of these vessels to a river where he usually went for that purpose 263 CHAP. C. How the nephews of Motecusuma assembled the principal personages of the empire, and formed a conspiracy to rescue the monarch from confinement, and beat us out of the city 265 CHAP. CI. How the powerful Motecusuma, with several caziques and chief personages of the country, declare themselves vassals of our emperor; and of other occurrences which happened then 271 CHAP. CII. How Cortes sends out some of our men to explore the gold mines and those rivers which wash down gold; also the harbours from the Panuco to the Tabasco, but particularly the river Guacasualco 273 CHAP. CIII. How the officers whom Cortes had despatched to the gold mines and the river Guacasualco returned to Mexico 274 CHAP. CIV. How Cortes desired the powerful Motecusuma to order all the caziques of the empire to bring in the tribute of gold due to our emperor 277 CHAP. CV. How all the gold presented by Motecusuma, and collected from the different townships, was divided; and what happened to one of our soldiers on the occasion 280 CHAP. CVI. Of the high words which arose between Velasquez |