The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2)
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Bernal Diaz del Castillo. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2)
CHAPTER CXXXVII
CHAPTER CXXXVIII
CHAPTER CXXXIX
CHAPTER CXL
CHAPTER CXLI
CHAPTER CXLII
CHAPTER CXLIII
CHAPTER CXLIV
CHAPTER CXLV
CHAPTER CXLVI
CHAPTER CXLVII
CHAPTER CXLVIII
CHAPTER CXLIX
CHAPTER CL
CHAPTER CLI
CHAPTER CLII
CHAPTER CLIII
CHAPTER CLIV
CHAPTER CLV
CHAPTER CLVI
CHAPTER CLVII
CHAPTER CLVIII
CHAPTER CLIX
CHAPTER CLX
CHAPTER CLXI
CHAPTER CLXII
CHAPTER CLXIII
CHAPTER CLXIV
CHAPTER CLXV
CHAPTER CLXVI
CHAPTER CLXVII
CHAPTER CLXVIII
CHAPTER CLXIX
CHAPTER CLXX
CHAPTER CLXXI
CHAPTER CLXXII
CHAPTER CLXXIII
CHAPTER CLXXIV
CHAPTER CLXXV
CHAPTER CLXXVI
CHAPTER CLXXVII
CHAPTER CLXXVIII
CHAPTER CLXXIX
CHAPTER CLXXX
CHAPTER CLXXXI
CHAPTER CLXXXII
CHAPTER CLXXXIII
CHAPTER CLXXXIV
CHAPTER CLXXXV
CHAPTER CLXXXVI
CHAPTER CLXXXVII
CHAPTER CLXXXVIII
CHAPTER CLXXXIX
CHAPTER CXC
CHAPTER CXCI
CHAPTER CXCII
CHAPTER CXCIII
CHAPTER CXCIV
CHAPTER CXCV
CHAPTER CXCVI
CHAPTER CXCVII
CHAPTER CXCVIII
CHAPTER CXCIX
CHAPTER CC
CHAPTER CCI
CHAPTER CCII
CHAPTER CCIII
CHAPTER CCIV
CHAPTER CCV
CHAPTER CCVI
CHAPTER CCVII
CHAPTER CCVIII
CHAPTER CCIX
CHAPTER CCX
CHAPTER CCXI
CHAPTER CCXII
CHAPTER CCXIII
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The expedition against Iztapalapan was principally undertaken to please the Tlascallans, so great was their desire to try their strength again with the Mexicans on the field of battle. Their patience was almost exhausted, and they longed to revenge the death of their countrymen who were slain in our disastrous flight from Mexico. To this was likewise added, that the Tezcucans could scarcely supply the necessary provisions for so great a body of men, and it was not our interest to be too burdensome to them.
Cortes commanded this expedition in person, accompanied by Alvarado, Oli, thirteen horse, twenty crossbow-men, six musketeers, and two hundred Spanish foot. These troops were joined by the whole of our Tlascallan friends, and twenty of the Tezcucan chiefs, all relations of the Prince Don Hernando, and enemies to Quauhtemoctzin.
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After this interview with the caziques, Cortes determined to send the eight Mexicans whom Sandoval had taken prisoners, to Mexico, and commissioned them to make the following disclosures, in his name, to the new monarch Quauhtemoctzin: "He, Cortes, was very anxious to preserve the monarch of Mexico and his great city from destruction, and hoped, therefore, he would send messengers of peace to us, in which case every injury we had received at the hands of the Mexicans would be forgiven them and altogether forgotten, nor should we demand restitution of the things they had taken from us. It was an easy matter to make war, but it always terminated in the destruction of those who first began it. We were by no means ignorant of the vast preparations which were going on for the defence of Mexico; it would all, however, prove useless, and the only consequences would be the destruction of his metropolis, and of all its inhabitants. He should bear in mind the amazing power of our Lord God, who lent us his aid on all occasions, and remember also that all the surrounding townships had declared in our favour. For the rest, there was nothing the Tlascallans so greatly desired as a war with the Mexicans, to revenge the death of their fellow-countrymen. We hoped, therefore, he would send messengers to sue for peace, which we would conclude with him on the most honorable terms."
With this message, to which Doña Marina and Aguilar joined some good counsel, the eight prisoners repaired to Mexico. Quauhtemoctzin, however, would not even deign an answer to our proposals of peace, but continued his warlike preparations for the defence of his metropolis, and sent orders to all his troops in the provinces to hold themselves in readiness to march out at a moment's notice, and that every Spaniard who was captured should be brought alive to Mexico, there to be sacrificed to his gods. In order to gain the good wishes of his people, he exempted many from paying tribute, and made a vast many promises.
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