The herald., 1895-05-05
AN AZTEC PICTURE OF A BATTLE WITH THE SPANIARDs

ever that the inhabitants of the town,
notwithstanding their account Of the af-
fair, had covered the walls of their tenn
pie with the blood of the slain Spaniards,
nd he found also the skins of two Span
ish faces which they had dried and made
an Offering of to their idols.
And he also found the hides of four
horses tanned with the hair on, and even
their shoes still on their hoofs, and these
also were hung up IN the temple as an
Offering to their idols. And there were
many other things belonging to the Span
iards hung up in the temple. and on a
marble slab they found written by one OF
the Spaniards: Here the unfortunate
Juan Yuste was prisoner with many 9th
ers who came in my company This
Juan Yuste was an hidalgo, one of the
persons of quality who came with Mar
vaez. Sandoval and his soldiers felt very
sad when they saw these things. but what
could they do but treat with pity the peo:-
pie of the town. particularly as they had
nearly all fled to the mountains? Sando-
val. seeing how things were. set free the
prisoners he had taken and told them to
go and bring back those who had fled.
And when they came they begged that
they should be forgiven and that there
after they would be loyal vassals to His
Majesty and would aid us against the
Mexicans. When they were asked for the
gold they had stolen they replied that the
Mexlcans and Tezcucans had carried it
away, saying that it had belonged to Mon
teZuma.
Sandoysl now went to Tlascala, and
near the chief town he met a cavalcade
that was bringing the material for the
eight thousand Indians employed in car
rying it and as many more came as
guard, and two thousand more who car
ried provisions. And there came as Cap
tains of the Tlascalans. ,Chinchimectecle
and Teulepile and Teutical. and Martin
was glad when he saw them, for he had
feared that he would have been detained
some days in Tlascala arranging the man.
ner of transporting the materials; and
after two days march, when they entered
the territory of Mexico. the Tlascalans
asked Sandoval to change the arrange
ment of his forces as they were now liza
great forces of Mexico.
Such attacks they feared, because,
loaded as they were. they could not. de-
fend themselves. He then divided the
horse and crossbows and arquebusiers.
placing some in front and some on each
guard the rear with his Tlascalans where
at this chief was much offended. as he
deem ed it a reflection on his courage, but
was cOntented when he found that GOnzalo
de Eandoval was also going with the rear
guard. And Sandoval told him that he
placed him there in the post OF danger,
because the Mexicans always attacked
the rear, where the baggage was and he
then embraced Sandoval and thanked him
for the honor be had done HIM, and two
days after the whole party arrived safely
IN Tezcuco. They entered the town with
bapners flying, drums beating and cor
nets playing. while the air was rent with
shouts OF Long live our lord the En-
peror, CASTLE. CASTLE. +" and ''Tlascala
Tlascala.' Cortes and the other Captains
vent cut to receive them, and SO long was
the line of march that it was half day
before the last man entered Tezcuco.
= AS soon as the material fer the brlgan-
tines was placed where they were to be
built, it did not take long to put them to-
gether, so that in short time nothing