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Conquest of Mexico
| BOOK VI | ||||
| SIEGE AND SURRENDER OF MEXICO | ||||
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| I. | Arrangements at Tezcuco — Sack of Iztapalapan — Advantages of the Spaniards — Wise Policy of Cortés — Transportation of the Brigantines | 177 | ||
| II. | Cortés reconnoitres the Capital — Occupies Tacuba — Skirmishes with the Enemy — Expedition or Sandoval — Arrival of Reinforcements | 190 | ||
| III. | Second Reconnoitring Expedition — Engagements on the Sierra — Capture of Cuernavaca — Battles at Xochimilco — Narrow Escape of Cortés — He enters Tacuba | 202 | ||
| IV. | Conspiracy in the Army — Brigantines Launched — Muster of Forces — Execution of Xicotencatl — March of the Army — Beginning of the Siege | 218 | ||
| V. | Indian Flotilla defeated — Occupation of the Causeways — Desperate Assaults — Firing of the Palaces — Spirit of the Besieged — Barracks for the Troops | 231 | ||
| VI. | General Assault on the City — Defeat of the Spaniards — Their disastrous Condition — Sacrifice of the Captives — Defection of the Allies — Constancy of the Troops | 250 | ||
| VII. | Success of the Spaniards — Fruitless Offers to Guatemozin — Buildings razed to the Ground — Terrible Famine — The Troops gain the Market-place — Battering Engine | 265 | ||
| VIII. | Dreadful Sufferings of the Besieged — Spirit of Guatemozin — Murderous Assaults — Capture of Guatemozin — Evacuation of the City — Termination of the Siege — Reflections | 278 | ||
| BOOK VII | ||||
| CONCLUSION — SUBSEQUENT CAREER OF CORTES | ||||
| I. | Torture of Guatemozin — Submission of the Country — Rebuilding of the Capital — Mission to Castile — Complaints against Cortés — He is confirmed in his Authority | 309 | ||
| II. | Modern Mexico — Settlement of the Country — Condition of the Natives — Christian Missionaries — Cultivation of the Soil — Voyages and Expeditions | 322 | ||
| III. | Defection of Olid — Dreadful March to Honduras — Execution of Guatemozin — Dona Marina — Arrival at Honduras | 332 | ||
| IV. | Disturbances in Mexico — Return of Cortés — Distrust of the Court — Cortés returns to Spain — Death of Sandoval — Brilliant reception of Cortés — Honours conferred on him | 346 | ||
| V. | Cortés revisits Mexico — Retires to his Estates — His Voyages of Discovery — Final Return to Castile — Cold Reception — Death of Cortés — His Character | 360 | ||
| Appendix | 381 | |||
| Notes to Vol. II. | 413 | |||
| Index 1 | 471 | |||
| Index 2 | 479 | |||
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