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CONTENTS.
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| CHAPTER XI. | |
| SALAZAR'S USURPATION AND OVERTHROW. | |
| 1525-1526. | |
| Overthrow of Paz — His Terrible Fate — Persecution of the Friends of Cortés — Alvarado Considers the Matter — Search for Cortés — His Funeral Honors — Spoliation of his Property — Lashing a Wife — Tyrannical Proceedings of Salazar — It Leads to Revolt — General Alarm — Expeditions against Rebels — Chirinos' Fiasco — The Friars Hurl Anathemas — The Governors Humbled — The Mysterious Messenger — Rising of the Men of Cortés — Election of Estrada and Albornoz — Assault on the Government House — Salazar Encaged — Conspiracy to Release Him | 215 |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| THE PONCE DE LEON EPISODE. | |
| 1526. | |
| Altamirano Sent to Bring Cortés — His Arrival at Medellin — Demonstrative Reception — Reform Measures — A Juez de Residencia Sent to New Spain — Ponce de Leon and his Instructions- — How Cortés Received the Blow — The Banquet — A Scheming Friar — Ponce de Leon Assumes the Government — The Residencia of Cortés — Death of Ponce de Leon — Aguilar Succeeds him — His Unfitness and Death | 238 |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| ESTRADA'S RULE — CORTÉS DRIVEN TO SEEK JUSTICE IN SPAIN. | |
| 1527. | |
| Campaign in Zapotecapan — Spice Island Projects — Loaisa's Expedition — Guevara Finds the Way to Zacatula — Saavedra's Voyage to the Moluccas — Cortés Slighted — He is Exiled from the Capital — Reconciliation with Estrada — Guzman Appointed Governor of Pánuco — Finding No Gold He Turns Oppressor — Encroachments on Mexico — Raid into Las Palmas Region — Slave-trade Horrors — Cortés to Plead before the Sovereign — Fears that He will Revolt — Preparing for the Voyage to Spain | 254 |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| THE FIRST AUDIENCIA AND ITS MISRULE. | |
| 1528-1529. | |
| Oidores Appointed — Stringent Measures Proposed against Cortés — Guzman Made President — Power and Jurisdiction of the Audiencia — Its Instructions — Laws of Alfonso the Wise — Reception of the New Rulers — Their Avarice Excited — Intrigue against Cortés — Robbery and Extortion — Abuse of Friars and Clergy — Residencia of Cortés — The Bishop's Anathema — Shameless Conduct of Oidores — Guzman's Palliative Schemes of Conquest — Smuggling Despatches | 273 |
