CONTENTS.
BOOK I.
CHAPTER 1. — Discoveries of Cordova and Grijalva — Cortéz appointed by Velasquez — Biographical notice of Cortéz — Cortéz Captain General of the Armada — Equipment of the Expedition — Quarrel of Velasquez — Firmness of Cortéz — Expedition departs under Cortéz,13}}
CHAPTER 2. — Olmeda preaches to the Indians — Aguilar and Mariana — interpreters — Cortéz lands — interview with the Aztecs — Diplomacy — Montezuma's presents — Montezuma refuses to receive Cortéz,22
CHAPTER 3. — Cortéz founds La Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz — Fleet destroyed — March to Mexico — Conquest of Tlascala — Cholula — Slaughter in Cholula — Valley of Mexico — Cortéz enters the Valley — Gigantic Causeway — Lake of Tezcoco — Reception by Montezuma — Spaniards enter the capital,38
CHAPTER 4. — Description of the City of Tenochtitlan — Montezuma's way of life — Market-place — Cortéz at the Great Temple — Description of it — Place of Sacrifice — Sanctuaries — Huitzilopotchtli — Tezcatlipoca — Danger of Cortéz — Montezuma seized — Montezuma a prisoner — his submissiveness — Arrival of Narvaez — Cortéz’s diplomacy — Cortéz overcomes Narvaez, and recruits his forces,35
CHAPTER 5. — Cortéz returns to the Capital — Causes of the revolt against the Spaniards — Cortéz condemns Alvarado — his conduct to Montezuma — Battle in the city — Montezuma mediates — Fight on the Great Temple or Teocalli — Retreat of the Spaniards — Noche Triste — Flight of the Spaniards to Tacuba,44
CHAPTER 6. — Retreat to Otumba — Cortéz is encountered by a new army of Aztecs and auxiliaries — Victory of the Spaniards at Otumba — Proposed re-alliance of Aztecs and Tlascalans — Forays of Cortéz — reduction of the eastern regions — Cortéz proposes the re-conquest — sends off the disaffected — Cortéz settles the Tlascalan succession, 50
CHAPTER 7. — Death of Cuitlahua — he is succeeded by Guatemozin — Aztecs learn the proposed re-conquest — Cortéz's forces for this enterprise — Cortéz at Tezcoco — his plans and acts — Military expeditions of Cortéz in the Valley — Operations at Chalco and Cuernavaca — Xochimilco — return to Tacuba — Cortéz returns to Tezcoco and is reinforced,56
CHAPTER 8. — Cortéz returns — conspiracy among his men detected — Execution of Villafaña — Brigantines launched — Xicotencatl's treason and execution — Disposition of forces to attack the city — Siege and assaults on the city — Fight and reverses of the Spaniards — Sacrifice of captives — Flight of allies — Contest renewed — Starvation,63
CHAPTER 8. — Aztec prediction — it is not verified — Cortéz reinforced by fresh arrivals — Famine in the city — Cortéz levels the city to its foundation — Condition of the capital — Attack renewed — Capture of Guatemozin — Surrender of the city — Frightful condition of the city,70
CHAPTER 9. — Duty of a historian — Motives of the Conquests — Character and deeds of Cortéz — Materials of the Conquest — Adventurers — Priests — Indian allies — Historical aspects of the Conquest,75
