XVII.
Conquest [166]-179
An interval of peace, [166]—The new emperor, [166]—A legacy of the Spaniards, [167]—Cortés in extremis, [167]—The Aztec army, [168]—Battle at Otumba, [170]—The Spaniards victorious, [170]—Preparations for defence, [171]—The Spaniards in Tlaxcalla, [171]—Ixtlilxochitl, [171]—Cortés at Texcuco, [172]—A new army and a new fleet, [172]—The campaign against Mexico, [173]—Suffering in the city, [174]—Surrender, [174]—The city destroyed, [175]—Cortés at Coyoacán, [175]—Search for treasures, [175]—The kings tortured, [175]—Military rule, [176]—Subjugation of Michoacan, [176]—Later conquests, [177]—Death of the Aztec kings, [178]—Later life of Cortés, [178]; return to Spain, [178]; death, 178; burial in Mexico, [179].