The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) - Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of - the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain.

Bernal Díaz Del Castillo

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Author: Bernal Diaz del Castillo Translator: John Ingram Lockhart Release Date: May 21, 2010 [EBook #32475] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BERNAL DIAZ DEL CASTILLO, 2 OF 2 *** Produced by Julia Miller, Jane Hyland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) THE MEMOIRS OF THE [Pg i] CONQUISTADOR BERNAL DÍAZ DEL CASTILLO WRITTEN BY HIMSELF CONTAINING A TRUE AND FULL ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST OF MEXICO AND NEW SPAIN TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL SPANISH BY JOHN INGRAM LOCKHART, F.R.A.S. AUTHOR OF "ATTICA AND ATHENS" IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. II LONDON J. HATCHARD AND SON, 187, PICCADILLY MDCCCXLIV. C. AND J. ADLARD, PRINTERS, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE. [Pg ii] [Pg iii] CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. CHAP. CXXXVII. CHAP. CXXXVIII. How the whole of us marched towards Tezcuco, and what happened to us on our way there How we marched against Iztapalapan; Cortes taking along with him Alvarado and Oli; while Sandoval was left behind to protect Tezcuco How ambassadors arrive in Tezcuco from three neighbouring townships, to sue for peace, and to beg forgiveness for the murder of several Spaniards who had fallen into their hands; and how Sandoval marched to Chalco and Tlalmanalco, to assist the inhabitants there against the Mexicans How Sandoval marches to Tlascalla in order to fetch the woodwork for building the brigantines, and what happened to him in a place which we termed the Moorish town How Cortes marches against the town of Xaltocan, which lay in the midst of the lake, about twenty-four miles from Mexico, and from thence proceeds to other townships How the captain Sandoval marches to Chalco and Tlalmanalco, and what he did there How we marked our slaves at Tezcuco with a red-hot iron, and received intelligence that a vessel had run into Vera Cruz How Cortes made a hostile excursion to all the cities and larger townships which lay round about the lake, and what happened on that occasion The terrible thirst we suffered on our further march; our dangerous position at Xochimilco, and the many battles we fought there with the Mexicans, until our return to Tezcuco How we discover, on our return to Tezcuco, that a conspiracy had been set on foot by the men of Narvaez's troops to murder Cortes, and all who were of his party; of the author of this conspiracy; his punishment; and of other matters How Cortes issues orders to the inhabitants of all the townships in the neighbourhood of Tezcuco which were allied with us, to furnish us with arrows and copper points for the same, and what further took place at our head-quarters How Cortes reviews the whole of his troops at Tezcuco; and of his further dispositions for conducting the siege of Mexico The manner in which Cortes selects the men who were to row the brigantines; of the commanders who were appointed to each; and of other matters Of Cortes' further dispositions for the siege How Cortes assigns particular stations to the twelve brigantines, the thirteenth being considered unfit for service How the Mexicans defeated Cortes, and took sixty-two of his men prisoners, who were sacrificed to their idols; our general himself being wounded in the leg 1 6 CHAP. CXXXIX. 8 CHAP. CXL. 15 CHAP. CXLI. CHAP. CXLII. CHAP. CXLIII. CHAP. CXLIV. 18 26 31 34 CHAP. CXLV. 42 CHAP. CXLVI. 53 [Pg iv] CHAP. CXLVII. 55 CHAP. CXLVIII. CHAP. CXLIX. CHAP. CL. CHAP. CLI. CHAP. CLII. 57 58 60 68 81 CHAP. CLIII. CHAP. CLIV. CHAP. CLV. CHAP. CLVI. CHAP. CLVII. CHAP. CLVIII. CHAP. CLIX. The new plan of operation which we adopt in the siege, and how all our allies return to their several homes How Cortes offers terms of peace to Quauhtemoctzin How Gonzalo de Sandoval marches against the provinces which had sent their troops to cooperate with Quauhtemoctzin How Quauhtemoctzin was taken prisoner 91 97 100 107 How Cortes orders the aqueduct of Chapultepec to be 116 restored; and of various other matters How a certain Christobal de Tapia arrived in Vera Cruz, with the 122 appointment of governor of New Spain How Cortes and the officers of the crown forward to Spain the wardrobe of Motecusuma, and the emperor's share of the booty; and what further happened How Sandoval arrives in the town of Tustepec; what he did there; his march to the river Guacasualco, and what further happened 131 CHAP. CLX. 137 CHAP. CLXI. CHAP. CLXII. How Alvarado marches to the province of Tutepec to build a town there; and how far he succeeded in subduing the country, 145 and in founding a colony How Francisco de Garay arrives with an extensive armament in the river Panuco; how far he was successful; and of many other 148 circumstances How the licentiate Zuazo set sail for New Spain in a small vessel, accompanied by two monks of the order of Charity; and their remarkable adventures on this voyage How Cortes despatched Alvarado to subdue the province of Guatimala, and to found a colony there How Cortes despatched an armament, under Christobal de Oli, to the Higueras and Honduras, to subject these provinces; and what further took place during this expedition How we who were left behind in Guacasualco were constantly occupied in tranquillising the rebellious provinces; how Luis Marin, by command of Cortes, marches into Chiapa, to subject that province; myself and father Juan de las Varillas being particularly desired by Cortes to join him in this campaign How our agents in Spain brought certain accusations against the bishop of Burgos, and what further happened How Narvaez, Christobal de Tapia, the pilot Umbria, and the soldier Cardenas bring heavy accusations against Cortes, at the instigation of the bishop of Burgos, and what judgment his majesty pronounced Of Cortes' plans after he had obtained the appointment of governor of New Spain; the way in which he distributes the Indians; and of other matters How Cortes sends a present to his majesty; 80,000 pesos in gold and silver, besides a magnificent field-piece made of silver and gold, covered with various beautiful figures; also how he sends his father Martin Cortes above 5000 pesos 163 165 173 [Pg