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- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments xvii
-
Introduction
- I. The History of Chimalpahin’s “Conquista” Manuscript 3
- II. Reclaiming the Conquest 17
- III. Francisco López de Gómara and La conquista de México 35
-
The Conquest of Mexico
- Chapter 1. The Birth of Hernando Cortés 51
- Chapter 2. Cortés’s Age When He Sailed to the Indies 53
- Chapter 3. Hernando Cortés’s Stay in Santo Domingo 54
- Chapter 4. Some Things that Happened to Cortés in Cuba 55
- Chapter 5. The Discovery of New Spain, and Other Things 58
- Chapter 6. Juan de Grijalva’s Barter from the Islands of Yucatan and San Juan de Ulúa 60
- Chapter 7. The Conquest of Mexico, and Cortés’s Preparations to Arm the Fleet 63
- Chapter 8. The Men and Ships that Cortés Took for the Conquest 67
- Chapter 9. Cortés Speaks to His Troops with Great Discretion as a Good Captain 69
- Chapter 10. Cortés’s Entry into Acuzamil 70
- Chapter 11. News from the People of Cozumel About the Spanish Interpreter Gerónimo de Aguilar 73
- Chapter 12. Gerónimo de Aguilar Comes to Hernando Cortés 74
- Chapter 13. Cortés Orders the Destruction of the Cozumel Idols 77
- Chapter 14. How the Island Was Named Cozumel Santa Cruz 78
- Chapter 15. The People of Cozumel’s Religion and Temples, or Cues 79
- Chapter 16. In Which Is Told the Story of the Shark, and Other Marvels 80
- Chapter 17. The Tides Rise Greatly at Campeche, but Not Nearby 81
- Chapter 18. The Battle and Capture of Potonchan 82
- Chapter 19. Which Narrates the Battle with the Indians of Potonchan 84
- Chapter 20. Of the Demands and Replies Between Cortés and the People of Potonchan 86
- Chapter 21. The Battle of Cintla, or Tzintla, that Cortés and His Men Fought with the Indians of Cintla 89
- Chapter 22. How the Cacique of Tabasco Befriended the Christians 91
- Chapter 23. Questions that Cortés Asked the Cacique of Tabasco 93
- Chapter 24. How the Indians of Potonchan Destroyed Their Idols and Worshiped the Cross 94
- Chapter 25. On the Río Alvarado, Which the Indians Called Papaloapan 95
- Chapter 26. The Warm Reception Given Cortés in San Juan de Ulúa 97
- Chapter 27. How Cortés Spoke with Teudilli, a Servant of King Moteuczoma 99
- Chapter 28. The Gifts and Response that Moteuczoma Sent to Cortés 102
- Chapter 29. How Cortés Learned that There Were Factions Among the Natives in Those Lands 104
- Chapter 30. How Cortés Explored the Land with Four Hundred Companions 106
- Chapter 31. How Cortés Resigned His Command 108
- Chapter 32. How the Soldiers Made Cortés Captain and Alcalde Mayor 110
- Chapter 33. The Reception Given Cortés in Cempoala 111
- Chapter 34. What the Lord of Cempoala Said to Cortés 114
- Chapter 35. What Occurred or Happened to Cortés at the Port of Quiahuahuiztlan, and Other Remarkable Events 117
- Chapter 36. The Messages that Cortés Sent to King Moteuczoma 118
- Chapter 37. The Rebellion and Alliance Against Moteuczoma Plotted by Cortés 120
- Chapter 38. The Founding of Villa Rica de la Veracruz 121
- Chapter 39. How Cortés Took Tizapancinco124 by Force, and Other Occurrences 123
- Chapter 40. The Gift that Cortés Sent to Emperor Carlos V 124
- Chapter 41. The Letters from the Cabildo and the Army to the Emperor Regarding Cortés’s Appointment as Governor 127
- Chapter 42. The Mutiny Against Cortés, and the Punishment that He Inflicted 129
- Chapter 43. How Cortés, Using Great Cunning, Scuttled His Ships 130
- Chapter 44. The Indians of Tlaxcala [sic]131 Cast Down Their Idols Because of Cortés’s Admonitions 131
- Chapter 45. Olimtletl, Lord of Zaclotan,137 Extols the Might and Greatness of Moteuczoma 133
- Chapter 46. Cortés’s First Clash with the Tlaxcalteca 137
- Chapter 47. How One Hundred and Forty Thousand Gathered Against Cortés 139
- Chapter 48. The Great Threats Made by the Tlaxcalteca Against Our Spaniards 142
- Chapter 49. How Cortés Cut Off the Hands of Fifty Spies 145
- Chapter 50. Moteuczoma’s Embassy to Cortés 146
- Chapter 51. How Cortés Captured Zimpancinco, a Very Large City Subject to Tlaxcala 148
- Chapter 52. On the Wish by Some Spaniards to Abandon the Budding War 150
- Chapter 53. Cortés’s Oration to His Soldiers. On the Address Captain Hernando Cortés Gave to All His Soldiers 151
- Chapter 54. How Captain Xicotencatl Came as Ambassador of Tlaxcala to Cortés’s Camp 153
- Chapter 55. The Reception and Service Given Our Spaniards in the Great City of Tlaxcala 155
- Chapter 56. An Account About Tlaxcala, Its Lifeways, and the Governance of the Republic 156
- Chapter 57. The Tlaxcalteca’s Response to Captain Cortés on Abandoning Their Idols 159
- Chapter 58. On the Great Ancient Enmity that Existed Between the Mexica and the Tlaxcalteca 160
- Chapter 59. The Solemn Reception Given to the Spaniards at Great Cholola 162
- Chapter 60. How the Chololteca Attempted to Betray and Murder the Spaniards 164
- Chapter 61. How Cortés Punished the Chololteca for Their Treason of the Spaniards and Their Friends 166
- Chapter 62. On the Greatness of the City and Sanctuary of Cholola, and the Rites Practiced There 169
- Chapter 63. The Mountain Called Popocatepec 170
- Chapter 64. The Council Held by Moteuczoma Before Allowing Cortés to Go to Mexico 172
- Chapter 65. On What Occurred to Cortés Between Cholola and Mexico 174
- Chapter 66. On the Admirable Reception Given Cortés by King Moteuczoma 180
- Chapter 67. How King Moteuczoma Spoke to the Spaniards, Welcoming Them 185
- Chapter 68. On the Cleanliness and Majesty of King Moteuczoma’s Physical Appearance 187
- Chapter 69. On the Foot Jugglers 189
- Chapter 70. On the Ball Game 191
- Chapter 71. The Dances of Mexico 192
- Chapter 72. The [LdeG: Many] Women that King Moteuczoma Had in the Palace 194
- Chapter 73. The House of Birds Kept for Their Feathers 195
- Chapter 74. The House of Birds for the Hunt 196
- Chapter 75. The Armories 198
- Chapter 76. Moteuczoma’s Gardens 199
- Chapter 77. Moteuzcoma’s Court and Guard 199
- Chapter 78. Everyone Pays Tribute to King Moteuczoma 200
- Chapter 79. On Mexico Tenochtitlan 202
- Chapter 80. The Marketplaces of Mexico 205
- Chapter 81. The Temple of Mexico 209
- Chapter 82. The Idols of Mexico 211
- Chapter 83. The Skull Rack that the Mexica Had as a Reminder of Death 212
- Chapter 84. Cortés Takes Moteuczoma Prisoner 213
- Chapter 85. Moteuczoma’s Hunt 216
- Chapter 86. How Cortés Destroyed the Idols of Mexico 217
- Chapter 87. Cortés’s Speech to the People of Mexico About the Idols 218
- Chapter 88. The Burning of Qualpopoca and Other Noblemen 220
- Chapter 89. The Reason Qualpopoca Was Burned 221
- Chapter 90. How Cortés Shackled Moteuczoma 221
- Chapter 91. Cortés Orders a Search for Gold in Many Places 222
- Chapter 92. The Imprisonment of King Cacamatzin of Tetzcoco 225
- Chapter 93. Moteuczoma’s Oration to His Noblemen, Offering Himself to the King of Castile 227
- Chapter 94. The Gold and Jewels Moteuczoma Gave Cortés 229
- Chapter 95. How Moteuczoma Begged Cortés to Leave Mexico 230
- Chapter 96. How King Moteuczoma Sent for Captain Cortés to Drive Him from the Land 231
- Chapter 97. Cortés and His Men Fear Being Sacrificed 233
- Chapter 98. How Diego Velázquez Sent Pánfilo de Narváez with Many People to Attack Cortés 234
- Chapter 99. What Cortés Wrote to Narváez 236
- Chapter 100. What Pánfilo de Narváez Told [LdeG: the Indians and] Cortés 238
- Chapter 101. What Cortés Told His Men 240
- Chapter 102. Cortés Pleads with Moteuczoma 241
- Chapter 103. The Imprisonment of Pánfilo de Narváez 242
- Chapter 104. The Death Toll from Smallpox 245
- Chapter 105. The Mexica Rebel Against the Spaniards 246
- Chapter 106. The Reasons for the Rebellion 247
- Chapter 107. The Mexica Threaten the Spaniards 249
- Chapter 108. The Dire Straits in Which the Mexica Placed Our People 251
- Chapter 109. The Death of Moteuczoma 252
- Chapter 110. The Fighting Between Them 254
- Chapter 111. The Mexica Refuse the Truces Proposed by Cortés 256
- Chapter 112. How Cortés Fled Mexico 258
- Chapter 113. The Battle at Otumba 261
- Chapter 114. The Welcome Given the Spaniards in Tlaxcala 264
- Chapter 115. What the Soldiers Petitioned Cortés 265
- Chapter 116. Oration in Response to the Official Petition 267
- Chapter 117. The War at Tepeaca 268
- Chapter 118. How the People of Huacachola299 Submitted to Cortés After Killing the Colhuaque 270
- Chapter 119. LdeG: The Capture of Itzocan 272
- Chapter 120. The Great Authority Cortés Held over the Indians 274
- Chapter 121. The Brigantines Cortés Built, and the Spaniards He Assembled to Fight Mexico 275
- Chapter 122. On Captain Cortés’s Pronouncement to His Men 277
- Chapter 123. Cortés Addresses the Tlaxcalteca 279
- Chapter 124. How Cortés Took Tetzcoco 280
- Chapter 125. The Battle of Iztacpalapan 283
- Chapter 126. The Spaniards Sacrificed at Tetzcoco 285
- Chapter 127. How the Brigantines Were Brought to Tetzcoco by the Tlaxcalteca 287
- Chapter 128. On Cortés’s First View of Mexico in the Company of Friends and Three Hundred Spaniards 289
- Chapter 129. An Account of the War Cortés Waged on the Province of Yacapichtlan 294
- Chapter 130. The Dangers to Our People on Taking Two Peaks, and What Happened Next 297
- Chapter 131. On Cortés’s Battle to Conquer Xochimilco and Its Towns 301
- Chapter 132. On the Canal Cortés Built from Tetzcoco to the Lake to Bring the Brigantines to the Water, and Other Things 306
- Chapter 133. LdeG: Cortés’s Army at the Siege of Mexico 309
- Chapter 134. The Battle and Victory of the Brigantines over the Acales 311
- Chapter 135. How Cortés Lay Siege to Mexico 314
- Chapter 136. The First Skirmish in Mexico 315
- Chapter 137. The General Damage and Burning of Houses 318
- Chapter 138. On the Diligence of Quauhtemoc and Cortés 320
- Chapter 139. How Cortés Had Two Hundred Thousand Men Surround Mexico 321
- Chapter 140. What Pedro de Alvarado Did in Order to Advance 323
- Chapter 141. The Mexica’s Festivities and Sacrifices over a Victory 323
- Chapter 142. The (f. 114v) Conquest of Malinalco, Matlatzinco, and Other Towns 326
- Chapter 143. On Cortés’s Determination to Lay Waste to Mexico 328
- Chapter 144. The Hunger and Ailments that the Mexica Courageously Endured 330
- Chapter 145. The Capture of Quauhtemoc 332
- Chapter 146. On the Capture of Mexico 335
- Chapter 147. Signs and Portents of the Destruction of Mexico 336
- Chapter 148. How Quauhtemoc and Other Lords Were Tortured in Order to Reveal the Treasure at Coyoacan 337
- Chapter 149. The Royal Fifth and Service from the Spoils of Mexico 338
- Chapter 150. How Cazoncin,390 King of Michoacan, Surrendered to Cortés 339
- Chapter 151. The Conquest of Tochtepec and Coatzacoalco by Gonzalo de Sandoval 341
- Chapter 152. The Conquest of Tutepec 342
- Chapter 153. The War at Coliman 343
- Chapter 154. About Cristóbal de Tapia, Who Went to Mexico as Governor 344
- Chapter 155. The War at Pánuco 346
- Chapter 156. How Francisco de Garay Went to Pánuco with a Large Fleet 348
- Chapter 157. The Death of Adelantado Francisco de Garay 350
- Chapter 158. The Pacification of Pánuco 353
- Chapter 159. The Tribulations of Licenciado Alonso Zuazo 354
- Chapter 160. The Conquest of Utlatlan by Pedro de Alvarado 354
- Chapter 161. The Conquest of Guatemala 356
- Chapter 162. The War at Chamolla 359
- Chapter 163. The Fleet Cortés Sent to Las Higueras with Cristóbal de Olid 360
- Chapter 164. The Conquest of the Zapotec Region 361
- Chapter 165. The Rebuilding of Mexico 361
- Chapter 166. How Cortés Took Care to Enrich New Spain 364
- Chapter 167. How the Bishop of Burgos Was Recused [LdeG: from Cortés’s Affairs] 365
- Chapter 168. How Cortés Became Governor 366
- Chapter 169. On the Conquerors 367
- Chapter 170. How Cortés Carried Out the Conversion of the Indians 368
- Chapter 171. The Silver Cannon that Cortés Fashioned for the Emperor 369
- Chapter 172. On the Strait that Many Searched for in the Indies 371
- Chapter 173. How Cristóbal de Olid Rebelled Against Hernando Cortés 372
- Chapter 174. How Cortés Left Mexico to Challenge Cristóbal de Olid 374
- Chapter 175. How Cortés’s Lieutenants Rebelled Against Him in Mexico 376
- Chapter 176. The Imprisonment of the Factor and the Inspector 379
- Chapter 177. The People Cortés Took to Las Higueras 381
- Chapter 178. On the Priests of Tatahuitlapan 384
- Chapter 179. The Bridge Built by Cortés 386
- Chapter 180. On Apoxpalon, Lord of Yzancanac 388
- Chapter 181. The Death of don Hernando de Alvarado Quauhtemoc 389
- Chapter 182. How Canek Burned the Idols 392
- Chapter 183. A Difficult Road Taken by Our Men 395
- Chapter 184. What Cortés Accomplished in Nito 398
- Chapter 185. How Cortés Arrived at Naco 401
- Chapter 186. How Cortés Responded to the Conflict in Mexico 403
- Chapter 187. The War at Papaica 405
- Chapter 188. On Cortés’s Return to New Spain 407
- Chapter 189. On the Celebrations in Mexico in Cortés’s Honor 409
- Chapter 190. How the Emperor Ordered a Residencia Be Taken for Cortés 410
- Chapter 191. The Death of Luis Ponce [de León] 413
- Chapter 192. How Alonso de Estrada Exiled Cortés from Mexico 414
- Chapter 193. How Cortés Sent Ships in Search of the Spice Islands 416
- Chapter 194. How Cortés Came to Spain 418
- Chapter 195. The Favors Granted to Cortés by the Emperor 421
- Chapter 196. On Cortés’s Marriage 422
- Chapter 197. How the Emperor Established an Audiencia in Mexico 423
- Chapter 198. Cortés Returns to Mexico 425
- Chapter 199. How Cortés Explored the South Sea Coast in New Spain 426
- Chapter 200. What Cortés Suffered on Continuing the Exploration of the South [Sea] 428
- Chapter 201. The Sea of Cortés, Also Called Bermejo, or the Crimson Sea 432
- Chapter 202. On Writing in Mexico 433
- Chapter 203. On the Terms for Counting 433
- Chapter 204. On the Mexica Year 434
- Chapter 205. On the Names of the Months 435
- Chapter 206. On the Names of the Days 436
- Chapter 207. On the Year Count 439
- Chapter 208. On the Five Suns that Are Five Ages 441
- Chapter 209. The Chichimeca 442
- Chapter 210. The Acolhuaque 443
- Chapter 211. The Mexica 443
- Chapter 212. Why They Are Called the Acolhuaque 445
- Chapter 213. On the Kings of Mexico 446
- Chapter 214. On Typical Inheritance Practices 449
- Chapter 215. The Swearing In and Coronation of the King 450
- Chapter 216. The Nobility of a Teuctli 452
- Chapter 217. What the Mexica Understand About the Soul 454
- Chapter 218. On the Burial of Kings 455
- Chapter 219. How the Kings of Michoacan Are Cremated for Burial 456
- Chapter 220. On Children 458
- Chapter 221. [LdeG: On the Enclosure of Women] 460
- Chapter 222. On the Many Women 461
- Chapter 223. Marriage Rites 462
- Chapter 224. On Men’s Customs 464
- Chapter 225. On Women’s Customs 465
- Chapter 226. About the Household 466
- Chapter 227. Of Wine and Drunkenness 467
- Chapter 228. On Slaves 468
- Chapter 229. On Judges and Laws 469
- Glossary 471
- Bibliography 479
- Index 487
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments xvii
-
Introduction
- I. The History of Chimalpahin’s “Conquista” Manuscript 3
- II. Reclaiming the Conquest 17
- III. Francisco López de Gómara and La conquista de México 35
-
The Conquest of Mexico
- Chapter 1. The Birth of Hernando Cortés 51
- Chapter 2. Cortés’s Age When He Sailed to the Indies 53
- Chapter 3. Hernando Cortés’s Stay in Santo Domingo 54
- Chapter 4. Some Things that Happened to Cortés in Cuba 55
- Chapter 5. The Discovery of New Spain, and Other Things 58
- Chapter 6. Juan de Grijalva’s Barter from the Islands of Yucatan and San Juan de Ulúa 60
- Chapter 7. The Conquest of Mexico, and Cortés’s Preparations to Arm the Fleet 63
- Chapter 8. The Men and Ships that Cortés Took for the Conquest 67
- Chapter 9. Cortés Speaks to His Troops with Great Discretion as a Good Captain 69
- Chapter 10. Cortés’s Entry into Acuzamil 70
- Chapter 11. News from the People of Cozumel About the Spanish Interpreter Gerónimo de Aguilar 73
- Chapter 12. Gerónimo de Aguilar Comes to Hernando Cortés 74
- Chapter 13. Cortés Orders the Destruction of the Cozumel Idols 77
- Chapter 14. How the Island Was Named Cozumel Santa Cruz 78
- Chapter 15. The People of Cozumel’s Religion and Temples, or Cues 79
- Chapter 16. In Which Is Told the Story of the Shark, and Other Marvels 80
- Chapter 17. The Tides Rise Greatly at Campeche, but Not Nearby 81
- Chapter 18. The Battle and Capture of Potonchan 82
- Chapter 19. Which Narrates the Battle with the Indians of Potonchan 84
- Chapter 20. Of the Demands and Replies Between Cortés and the People of Potonchan 86
- Chapter 21. The Battle of Cintla, or Tzintla, that Cortés and His Men Fought with the Indians of Cintla 89
- Chapter 22. How the Cacique of Tabasco Befriended the Christians 91
- Chapter 23. Questions that Cortés Asked the Cacique of Tabasco 93
- Chapter 24. How the Indians of Potonchan Destroyed Their Idols and Worshiped the Cross 94
- Chapter 25. On the Río Alvarado, Which the Indians Called Papaloapan 95
- Chapter 26. The Warm Reception Given Cortés in San Juan de Ulúa 97
- Chapter 27. How Cortés Spoke with Teudilli, a Servant of King Moteuczoma 99
- Chapter 28. The Gifts and Response that Moteuczoma Sent to Cortés 102
- Chapter 29. How Cortés Learned that There Were Factions Among the Natives in Those Lands 104
- Chapter 30. How Cortés Explored the Land with Four Hundred Companions 106
- Chapter 31. How Cortés Resigned His Command 108
- Chapter 32. How the Soldiers Made Cortés Captain and Alcalde Mayor 110
- Chapter 33. The Reception Given Cortés in Cempoala 111
- Chapter 34. What the Lord of Cempoala Said to Cortés 114
- Chapter 35. What Occurred or Happened to Cortés at the Port of Quiahuahuiztlan, and Other Remarkable Events 117
- Chapter 36. The Messages that Cortés Sent to King Moteuczoma 118
- Chapter 37. The Rebellion and Alliance Against Moteuczoma Plotted by Cortés 120
- Chapter 38. The Founding of Villa Rica de la Veracruz 121
- Chapter 39. How Cortés Took Tizapancinco124 by Force, and Other Occurrences 123
- Chapter 40. The Gift that Cortés Sent to Emperor Carlos V 124
- Chapter 41. The Letters from the Cabildo and the Army to the Emperor Regarding Cortés’s Appointment as Governor 127
- Chapter 42. The Mutiny Against Cortés, and the Punishment that He Inflicted 129
- Chapter 43. How Cortés, Using Great Cunning, Scuttled His Ships 130
- Chapter 44. The Indians of Tlaxcala [sic]131 Cast Down Their Idols Because of Cortés’s Admonitions 131
- Chapter 45. Olimtletl, Lord of Zaclotan,137 Extols the Might and Greatness of Moteuczoma 133
- Chapter 46. Cortés’s First Clash with the Tlaxcalteca 137
- Chapter 47. How One Hundred and Forty Thousand Gathered Against Cortés 139
- Chapter 48. The Great Threats Made by the Tlaxcalteca Against Our Spaniards 142
- Chapter 49. How Cortés Cut Off the Hands of Fifty Spies 145
- Chapter 50. Moteuczoma’s Embassy to Cortés 146
- Chapter 51. How Cortés Captured Zimpancinco, a Very Large City Subject to Tlaxcala 148
- Chapter 52. On the Wish by Some Spaniards to Abandon the Budding War 150
- Chapter 53. Cortés’s Oration to His Soldiers. On the Address Captain Hernando Cortés Gave to All His Soldiers 151
- Chapter 54. How Captain Xicotencatl Came as Ambassador of Tlaxcala to Cortés’s Camp 153
- Chapter 55. The Reception and Service Given Our Spaniards in the Great City of Tlaxcala 155
- Chapter 56. An Account About Tlaxcala, Its Lifeways, and the Governance of the Republic 156
- Chapter 57. The Tlaxcalteca’s Response to Captain Cortés on Abandoning Their Idols 159
- Chapter 58. On the Great Ancient Enmity that Existed Between the Mexica and the Tlaxcalteca 160
- Chapter 59. The Solemn Reception Given to the Spaniards at Great Cholola 162
- Chapter 60. How the Chololteca Attempted to Betray and Murder the Spaniards 164
- Chapter 61. How Cortés Punished the Chololteca for Their Treason of the Spaniards and Their Friends 166
- Chapter 62. On the Greatness of the City and Sanctuary of Cholola, and the Rites Practiced There 169
- Chapter 63. The Mountain Called Popocatepec 170
- Chapter 64. The Council Held by Moteuczoma Before Allowing Cortés to Go to Mexico 172
- Chapter 65. On What Occurred to Cortés Between Cholola and Mexico 174
- Chapter 66. On the Admirable Reception Given Cortés by King Moteuczoma 180
- Chapter 67. How King Moteuczoma Spoke to the Spaniards, Welcoming Them 185
- Chapter 68. On the Cleanliness and Majesty of King Moteuczoma’s Physical Appearance 187
- Chapter 69. On the Foot Jugglers 189
- Chapter 70. On the Ball Game 191
- Chapter 71. The Dances of Mexico 192
- Chapter 72. The [LdeG: Many] Women that King Moteuczoma Had in the Palace 194
- Chapter 73. The House of Birds Kept for Their Feathers 195
- Chapter 74. The House of Birds for the Hunt 196
- Chapter 75. The Armories 198
- Chapter 76. Moteuczoma’s Gardens 199
- Chapter 77. Moteuzcoma’s Court and Guard 199
- Chapter 78. Everyone Pays Tribute to King Moteuczoma 200
- Chapter 79. On Mexico Tenochtitlan 202
- Chapter 80. The Marketplaces of Mexico 205
- Chapter 81. The Temple of Mexico 209
- Chapter 82. The Idols of Mexico 211
- Chapter 83. The Skull Rack that the Mexica Had as a Reminder of Death 212
- Chapter 84. Cortés Takes Moteuczoma Prisoner 213
- Chapter 85. Moteuczoma’s Hunt 216
- Chapter 86. How Cortés Destroyed the Idols of Mexico 217
- Chapter 87. Cortés’s Speech to the People of Mexico About the Idols 218
- Chapter 88. The Burning of Qualpopoca and Other Noblemen 220
- Chapter 89. The Reason Qualpopoca Was Burned 221
- Chapter 90. How Cortés Shackled Moteuczoma 221
- Chapter 91. Cortés Orders a Search for Gold in Many Places 222
- Chapter 92. The Imprisonment of King Cacamatzin of Tetzcoco 225
- Chapter 93. Moteuczoma’s Oration to His Noblemen, Offering Himself to the King of Castile 227
- Chapter 94. The Gold and Jewels Moteuczoma Gave Cortés 229
- Chapter 95. How Moteuczoma Begged Cortés to Leave Mexico 230
- Chapter 96. How King Moteuczoma Sent for Captain Cortés to Drive Him from the Land 231
- Chapter 97. Cortés and His Men Fear Being Sacrificed 233
- Chapter 98. How Diego Velázquez Sent Pánfilo de Narváez with Many People to Attack Cortés 234
- Chapter 99. What Cortés Wrote to Narváez 236
- Chapter 100. What Pánfilo de Narváez Told [LdeG: the Indians and] Cortés 238
- Chapter 101. What Cortés Told His Men 240
- Chapter 102. Cortés Pleads with Moteuczoma 241
- Chapter 103. The Imprisonment of Pánfilo de Narváez 242
- Chapter 104. The Death Toll from Smallpox 245
- Chapter 105. The Mexica Rebel Against the Spaniards 246
- Chapter 106. The Reasons for the Rebellion 247
- Chapter 107. The Mexica Threaten the Spaniards 249
- Chapter 108. The Dire Straits in Which the Mexica Placed Our People 251
- Chapter 109. The Death of Moteuczoma 252
- Chapter 110. The Fighting Between Them 254
- Chapter 111. The Mexica Refuse the Truces Proposed by Cortés 256
- Chapter 112. How Cortés Fled Mexico 258
- Chapter 113. The Battle at Otumba 261
- Chapter 114. The Welcome Given the Spaniards in Tlaxcala 264
- Chapter 115. What the Soldiers Petitioned Cortés 265
- Chapter 116. Oration in Response to the Official Petition 267
- Chapter 117. The War at Tepeaca 268
- Chapter 118. How the People of Huacachola299 Submitted to Cortés After Killing the Colhuaque 270
- Chapter 119. LdeG: The Capture of Itzocan 272
- Chapter 120. The Great Authority Cortés Held over the Indians 274
- Chapter 121. The Brigantines Cortés Built, and the Spaniards He Assembled to Fight Mexico 275
- Chapter 122. On Captain Cortés’s Pronouncement to His Men 277
- Chapter 123. Cortés Addresses the Tlaxcalteca 279
- Chapter 124. How Cortés Took Tetzcoco 280
- Chapter 125. The Battle of Iztacpalapan 283
- Chapter 126. The Spaniards Sacrificed at Tetzcoco 285
- Chapter 127. How the Brigantines Were Brought to Tetzcoco by the Tlaxcalteca 287
- Chapter 128. On Cortés’s First View of Mexico in the Company of Friends and Three Hundred Spaniards 289
- Chapter 129. An Account of the War Cortés Waged on the Province of Yacapichtlan 294
- Chapter 130. The Dangers to Our People on Taking Two Peaks, and What Happened Next 297
- Chapter 131. On Cortés’s Battle to Conquer Xochimilco and Its Towns 301
- Chapter 132. On the Canal Cortés Built from Tetzcoco to the Lake to Bring the Brigantines to the Water, and Other Things 306
- Chapter 133. LdeG: Cortés’s Army at the Siege of Mexico 309
- Chapter 134. The Battle and Victory of the Brigantines over the Acales 311
- Chapter 135. How Cortés Lay Siege to Mexico 314
- Chapter 136. The First Skirmish in Mexico 315
- Chapter 137. The General Damage and Burning of Houses 318
- Chapter 138. On the Diligence of Quauhtemoc and Cortés 320
- Chapter 139. How Cortés Had Two Hundred Thousand Men Surround Mexico 321
- Chapter 140. What Pedro de Alvarado Did in Order to Advance 323
- Chapter 141. The Mexica’s Festivities and Sacrifices over a Victory 323
- Chapter 142. The (f. 114v) Conquest of Malinalco, Matlatzinco, and Other Towns 326
- Chapter 143. On Cortés’s Determination to Lay Waste to Mexico 328
- Chapter 144. The Hunger and Ailments that the Mexica Courageously Endured 330
- Chapter 145. The Capture of Quauhtemoc 332
- Chapter 146. On the Capture of Mexico 335
- Chapter 147. Signs and Portents of the Destruction of Mexico 336
- Chapter 148. How Quauhtemoc and Other Lords Were Tortured in Order to Reveal the Treasure at Coyoacan 337
- Chapter 149. The Royal Fifth and Service from the Spoils of Mexico 338
- Chapter 150. How Cazoncin,390 King of Michoacan, Surrendered to Cortés 339
- Chapter 151. The Conquest of Tochtepec and Coatzacoalco by Gonzalo de Sandoval 341
- Chapter 152. The Conquest of Tutepec 342
- Chapter 153. The War at Coliman 343
- Chapter 154. About Cristóbal de Tapia, Who Went to Mexico as Governor 344
- Chapter 155. The War at Pánuco 346
- Chapter 156. How Francisco de Garay Went to Pánuco with a Large Fleet 348
- Chapter 157. The Death of Adelantado Francisco de Garay 350
- Chapter 158. The Pacification of Pánuco 353
- Chapter 159. The Tribulations of Licenciado Alonso Zuazo 354
- Chapter 160. The Conquest of Utlatlan by Pedro de Alvarado 354
- Chapter 161. The Conquest of Guatemala 356
- Chapter 162. The War at Chamolla 359
- Chapter 163. The Fleet Cortés Sent to Las Higueras with Cristóbal de Olid 360
- Chapter 164. The Conquest of the Zapotec Region 361
- Chapter 165. The Rebuilding of Mexico 361
- Chapter 166. How Cortés Took Care to Enrich New Spain 364
- Chapter 167. How the Bishop of Burgos Was Recused [LdeG: from Cortés’s Affairs] 365
- Chapter 168. How Cortés Became Governor 366
- Chapter 169. On the Conquerors 367
- Chapter 170. How Cortés Carried Out the Conversion of the Indians 368
- Chapter 171. The Silver Cannon that Cortés Fashioned for the Emperor 369
- Chapter 172. On the Strait that Many Searched for in the Indies 371
- Chapter 173. How Cristóbal de Olid Rebelled Against Hernando Cortés 372
- Chapter 174. How Cortés Left Mexico to Challenge Cristóbal de Olid 374
- Chapter 175. How Cortés’s Lieutenants Rebelled Against Him in Mexico 376
- Chapter 176. The Imprisonment of the Factor and the Inspector 379
- Chapter 177. The People Cortés Took to Las Higueras 381
- Chapter 178. On the Priests of Tatahuitlapan 384
- Chapter 179. The Bridge Built by Cortés 386
- Chapter 180. On Apoxpalon, Lord of Yzancanac 388
- Chapter 181. The Death of don Hernando de Alvarado Quauhtemoc 389
- Chapter 182. How Canek Burned the Idols 392
- Chapter 183. A Difficult Road Taken by Our Men 395
- Chapter 184. What Cortés Accomplished in Nito 398
- Chapter 185. How Cortés Arrived at Naco 401
- Chapter 186. How Cortés Responded to the Conflict in Mexico 403
- Chapter 187. The War at Papaica 405
- Chapter 188. On Cortés’s Return to New Spain 407
- Chapter 189. On the Celebrations in Mexico in Cortés’s Honor 409
- Chapter 190. How the Emperor Ordered a Residencia Be Taken for Cortés 410
- Chapter 191. The Death of Luis Ponce [de León] 413
- Chapter 192. How Alonso de Estrada Exiled Cortés from Mexico 414
- Chapter 193. How Cortés Sent Ships in Search of the Spice Islands 416
- Chapter 194. How Cortés Came to Spain 418
- Chapter 195. The Favors Granted to Cortés by the Emperor 421
- Chapter 196. On Cortés’s Marriage 422
- Chapter 197. How the Emperor Established an Audiencia in Mexico 423
- Chapter 198. Cortés Returns to Mexico 425
- Chapter 199. How Cortés Explored the South Sea Coast in New Spain 426
- Chapter 200. What Cortés Suffered on Continuing the Exploration of the South [Sea] 428
- Chapter 201. The Sea of Cortés, Also Called Bermejo, or the Crimson Sea 432
- Chapter 202. On Writing in Mexico 433
- Chapter 203. On the Terms for Counting 433
- Chapter 204. On the Mexica Year 434
- Chapter 205. On the Names of the Months 435
- Chapter 206. On the Names of the Days 436
- Chapter 207. On the Year Count 439
- Chapter 208. On the Five Suns that Are Five Ages 441
- Chapter 209. The Chichimeca 442
- Chapter 210. The Acolhuaque 443
- Chapter 211. The Mexica 443
- Chapter 212. Why They Are Called the Acolhuaque 445
- Chapter 213. On the Kings of Mexico 446
- Chapter 214. On Typical Inheritance Practices 449
- Chapter 215. The Swearing In and Coronation of the King 450
- Chapter 216. The Nobility of a Teuctli 452
- Chapter 217. What the Mexica Understand About the Soul 454
- Chapter 218. On the Burial of Kings 455
- Chapter 219. How the Kings of Michoacan Are Cremated for Burial 456
- Chapter 220. On Children 458
- Chapter 221. [LdeG: On the Enclosure of Women] 460
- Chapter 222. On the Many Women 461
- Chapter 223. Marriage Rites 462
- Chapter 224. On Men’s Customs 464
- Chapter 225. On Women’s Customs 465
- Chapter 226. About the Household 466
- Chapter 227. Of Wine and Drunkenness 467
- Chapter 228. On Slaves 468
- Chapter 229. On Judges and Laws 469
- Glossary 471
- Bibliography 479
- Index 487