Conquest of Mexico

William H. Prescott

Wildside Press LLC, Jul 1, 2009 - Fiction - 452 pages

Contents

• BOOK VI: 19
• A SECOND Assault: 21
• REWARD OF THE TLASCALANS: 22
• REJOICINGS OF THE AZTECS: 26
• SUFFERINGS OF THE SPANIARDS: 27
• HEADQUARTERS AT TEZCUCO: 29
• CHAPTER II: 38
• NATIVES BREAK Down THE DIKES: 45
• SANDOVAL IS DETACHED TO DEFEND: 48
• CHAPTER III: 55
• ENGAGEMENTS IN THE PASSES: 57
• SETTLEMENTS OF THE CONQUERORS: 59
• CAPTURE OF THE CITY: 66
• SPANIARDS MASTERS OF THE TOWN: 72
• TAKEN ILL AT SEVILLE: 73
• INDIAN CITIES TENDER ALLEGIANCE: 77
• IMPRESSION ON THE SPECTATORS: 79
• SCRUPLES OF CONSCIENCE AS TO SLAVERY: 81
• EXPEDITION OF ALVARADO: 90
• DIFFICULT SITUATION OF CORTÉS: 97
• SANDOVAL ADVANCES TO COJOHUACAN: 103
• HIS SAGACIOUS POLICY: 108
• HIS VIGILANCE: 118
• CHAPTER VI: 124
• SPANIARDS GIVE: 132
• AZTECS TURN UPON THEIR: 134
• CHAPTER VII: 145
• RESULT OF THE ENTERPRISES OF CORTÉS: 150
• FRUITLESS OFFERS TO GAUTEMOZIN: 151
• ARMY ARRIVES AT COJOHUACAN: 162
• SINGLE COMBATS: 166
• CANNIBALISM: 167
• APPALLING SCENE OF CARNAGE: 173
• SPIRIT OF THE INDIAN EMPEROR: 175
• NEGLECT OF THEIR DEAD: 177
• CAPTURE OF GUATEMOZIN: 179
• THE BRIGANTINES ARE COMPLETED: 182
• NUMBER OF THOSE WHO PERISHED: 185
• CRUELTY ASCRIBED TO THE SPANIARDS: 191
• SAHAGUNS TWELFTH BOOK: 201
• CONCLUSION SUBSEQUENT CAREER OF CORTÉS: 203
• AZTEC PROPHECY ACCOMPLISHED: 209
• SPANIARDS ENTER TACUBA: 214
• CHAPTER III: 237
• CORTÉS REMORSE: 240
• LOST IN THE MAZES OF THE FORESTS: 247
• LAKE OF PETEN: 248
• CHAPTER IV: 256
• SENSATION CAUSED BY HIS PRESENCE: 266
• CORTÉS REENTERS MEXICO IN STATE: 273
• RETIRES TO HIS ESTATES: 281
• FEELINGS OF THE ARMY: 287
• HE JOINS THE EXPEDITION TO ALGIERS: 293
• HIS BIGOTRY: 303
• APPENDIX PART I: 311
• THEIR TRADITIONS OF The Deluge: 318
• CHRONICLERS STRIVE FOR COINCIDENCES: 327
• DIFFICULTIES OF COMPARISON: 337
• TOOLS FOR BUILDING: 343
• CHAPTER IV: 364
• EXTRACT FROM LAS CASAS HISTORY: 371
• EXTRACT FROM CAMARGOS TLASCALA: 378
• PRIVILEGE OF DOÑA ISABEL DE MONTEZUMA: 392
• MILITARY ORDINANCES OF CORTÉS: 405
• 149: 413
• ENVOYS CAPTURED BY THE FRENCH: 415
• ACCOUNT OF HIS FUNERAL OBSEQUIES: 417
• 317: 418
• PONCE DE LEON SENT AS COMMISSIONER: 421
• AFFAIRS IN SPAIN: 422
• HE LEAVES THE CITY: 436
• AZTEC MOTHERS ADVICE TO HER DAUGHTER: 438
• 136: 439
• HIS CAUSE REFERRED TO A SELECT TRIBUNAL: 443

Bibliographic information

• Title: Conquest of Mexico
• Author: William H. Prescott
• Publisher: Wildside Press LLC, 2009
• ISBN: 1434405362, 9781434405364
• Length: 452 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General