XVI.
La Noche Triste [158]-165
Overtures of friendship, [158]—Bold measures, [159]—Montezuma in the power of the Spaniards, [159]—A rival in the field, [159]—Alvarado, [160]—The feast of Huitzilopochtli, [160]—The Spaniards in danger, [160]—Death of Montezuma, [161]—Mexican traditions, [162]—Cortés abandons the city, [163]—A desperate struggle, [163]—La Noche Triste, [164]—The scene of the battle, [164]; the losses, [165].
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].
XVIII.
Doña Marina [180]-183
Her position in the camp, [180]—After the victory, [180]—Life at Coyoacán, [180]—Arrival of Doña Catalina, [181]; her death, [182]—Insurrection in Honduras, [182]—Marriage of Marina, [183]; her later life and her death, [183]—Cortés visits Spain, [183]—A second marriage, [183].