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LA NocHE TRIsTE-L.enzo de Tla,cala

LIN iNOStiI Nc ttoSSohu
bows to more advantage and attempt to
conquer them. or at least to do them
greater injury than we had on the pre-
ceding day. lS&H t--1t
1t seems that the Mexicans had come to
the same resolution, and although we
fought we'll still there were SO many of
them and they were SO bold, changing
theil squadrons from time to time, that
even if there had been there 10000
Hectors of Troy and as many Rolands
they could have done no more than we
did. And l was there and saw it, but
do not know how to tell the story of that
fight. for they were so stubborn that it
appeared as though our cannon and ar
quebuses and crossbows and the thrusts
and cuts of our swords had no effect on
them and did not in the least prevent
them from rushing on us and fighting at
close quarters. tt'ss eu..'.'
And although we killed thirty or forty
of them at discharge of our arms it did
not discourage them. They seemed to
fight with more vigor than at the begin
ming. and if at times it$seemed that We
were gaining ground and they appeared
to be on the point OF retreating, it was
only for the purpose of enabling tn EN- to
get between us and our quarters for in
this way they thoughtto destroy us.
We could not reach the houses to burn
them down because each house was sepa-
rated from the others by bridge which
could be raised or lowered and they had
raised them all while from the roof tops
they attacked us with sings and arrows
so that it was almost beyond endurance.
l know not why l write of this in such
a lukewarm manner for there were in our
company three or four soldiers who had
fought in Italy who swore to God that
they had never seen such fierce and ter
rible attacks or so stubborn even in bat
ties against the artillery OF the king of
France or the grand Turk. nor had they
ever seen warriors close up their ranks
with such bravery as did these Indians.
But we will leave this and tell with
what difficulty we fought our way into
our quarters, the Indian squadIons pour
ing upon us all the time beating their
drums. blowing their horns shouting
their war cries and calling us towards
and women for retreating. That day we
lost ten or twelve soldiers and all of us
returned wounded. At night we had a
council to concert measures for the
future.
1t was resolved that we should not GO
against the Mexicans again for two days,
and that in the meantime four wooden
towers should be constructed each one
capable of carrying twenty five men, and
with platforms within and loopholes fol
the cannon and for the crossbow men
and arquebusiers to discharge their weap-
ons, and til we were to go forth with
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this battle; only by being present could
anyone appreciate its horrible ferocity.
In this battle we made prisoners of two
Papas whom Cortes ordered us to guard
carefully.
/ have often since seen pictures made
tack and retreat from the great Gu, and
they always held it for a heroic thing.
They always represented us with many
dead and the rest covered with blood and
wounds, and our towers broken and the
Gu on fire and the squadrons of warriors
on it's sides and other squadrons in its
patios and around it.
But we will leave this and say how we
reached our quarters after desperate fight
ing and while we were surrounded on all
sides by multitudes of warriors. On our
arrival we found the Indians had already
broken down part of the walls and had
forced an entrance and were already set
ting them on fire. We drove them Off
but during the remainder of the day they
did not cease to rain upon us stohes and
arrows, ard they continued the attack all
through the night.
That night we dressed our wounds and
buried our dead ana repaired the breaches
in our walls and put up fresh defenses and
took counsel as to how we should fight
them next day without so much injury
to ourselves, but we could find no remedy
for it.
And that night the soldiers of Narvaez
heaped maledictions on Cortes and they
cursed him and the country and Diego
Velasquez who had sent them here, and
they told how happy they had been in
the Island of Cuba and how they had
been deceived into coming to Mexico.
At council held that night it was de-
termined to demand of the MeXicans a
truce until we had evacuated the city, but
in the morning we were attacked by
greater squadrons and more tiercely than
the day before. So stubbornly did they
come that our cannon and firearms
seemed to have no terrors for them, al
though they did great execution amongst
them.
Seeing the condition of things Cortes
determined that MonteZuma should adj
dress them from one of the housetops and
tell them to cease the attack that we de-
sired to leave the city. And when they
carried the message of Cortes to the grea
Montezuma they say that he replied
"What does Malinche want of me now?
do not desire to see or hear from him,
for by his means am L brought to this
condition"
And it is certain that he did not want
to come. and they say that he said he
wanted neither to see nor hear Cortes MOI
his false words or promises or lies. And
then Father Olmedo and Cristobal de Oil
went to see him and spoke to him with
great courtesy and addressed to him
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expedient, as the house tops were covered
with warriors armed with lances and
sings and bows. We finally fought our
way to the great Gu Over 1000 MeXicans
Immediately mounted it for its defense,
besides other squadrons which were there
before.
They resisted our attacks long time,
and even with the towers and our fire.
arms and the horse which here could
not charge because the pavement of the
patios of the temple were so slippery.
Notwithstanding our desperate charges, we
made but little advance. although at
each discharge of cannon we killed
from ten to twelve of them, and killed
great numbers besides with our swords.
But after long time, by sheer stubborn
ness. we commenced to mount the Gu,
though by this time the towers were
being broken and rendered useless. Hele
Cortes showed himself the brave soldier
that he always was.
Oh what battle that was. 1t was
thing of wonder TO see us all bleeding and
covered with wounds and over forty of
our comrades already dead
But it pleased God that we should sue
coed in reaching that part of the Gu
where we had put the altar and the
image of Our Blessed Lady. We found it
gone. 1t appears that MonteZuma had
either through devotion or fear caused it
to be removed and guarded. We set fire
to the idols and burned the house where
they were and in all this we were we'll
assisted by the Tlascalans. But while we
were thus some fighting and others set
ting fire to the temple, there came sud-
denly from the summit of the Gu, over
four thousand OF the picked warriors of
Mexico, most of them mobiles, led by the
priests of the temple, who rushed on us
with such suddenness and ferocity that
we were forced to retreat, many falling
ten and twelve feet down the sides of the
temple.
And there now closed in on us other
squadrons of Mexicans who were Oh the
parapets and in the cham bers of the great
Gu and who poured on us Il continual
rain of arrows, rocks, ana balls of burnt
earth. Thus surrounded on all sides we
could no longer sustain the attack, and
with great risk and desperate figh ting we
retreated to our quarters, where we ar
rived. having lost our towers, leaving
forty-six men dead on the field and all of
us covered with wounds and the Indians
always upon us both in front and rear.
know OF no words by which to describe
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It appears that Father Olmedo, of the
Order of Mercy, who was always with
Montezuma used every endeavor to con-
vert him to Christianity, but he did not
succeed and when the father told him
that he was dying and could not recover
from his wounds and begged of him 70 be
baptized, MonteZuma replied that it
would be better to apply some remedies.
After some consideration Cortes ordered
the liberation of Papa and a Mexican
Cacique, in order that they should go and
il form Coadavaca and his Captains of
the death of Montezuma, and to say that
they had seen him die, and to explain to
them the manner OF his death, and to say
also how sorrowful we all were because
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CHAPTER XIII
OF the NOche Triste When We Fought Our
Way Out of the City of Mexico, Leaving
$40 of Our Men Dead or Captlves In the
Hands of the AlteCs

But to return to my. story: Everything
was arranged for our departure, the night
was dIizzly cloudy and very dark, and it
was past midnight before all our prepara-
tions had been made and the bridge put
in place. The first division, composed OF
Sandoval and his companions. passed
over in safety also Cortes and his divis-
ion, but at this moment, and while we
were still crossing the bridge, the drums
and horns of the Mexicans commenced
cry. 'Tlatelolco, Tlatelolco Ito the canoes,
to the canOes) the Teules are escaping!
Attack them at the bridges" And then
there came upon us from all sides count
less numbers of warriors and the whole
lake was almost instantly covered with
canoes.
AS l have said they charged upon, us
while we were still crossing the bridge,
fighting hand to hand and foot to foot
and trying to carry off or break the
bridge; and as misfortunes never come
alone, it having rained. two horses
slipped and fell into the water and the
bridge fell with them and then there
charged upon us such a multitude of war
riors, that fight as we would we could not
again put it in place. and the press was
so great and the fight SO hot that in
few moments the aperture was full of
horses and their riders. few OF whom
could swim, and of baggage and artillery
moving, suffocating mass OF beings. And
some of those who fell in were dragged
into canoes by the Mexicans, and others
were drowned and others still were slain
while struggling in the water.
And it was horrible to hear in the
darkness the howls of the Indians as they
charged us. and it was pitiful to hear
the shrieks of despair of those in the
water begging for assistance. Some cried,
aid me or down" others AID me or
they slay me- while others still were
calling on the Virgin and Santiago for
assistance; Others called for assistance to
help them climb out. Many who could
swim, climbed out over the baggage and
bodies of those who were already dead,
and having escaped all these dangers had
their brains beaten out with macanas or
were slain with lances on their reaching
| the Calzada, by the squadruns of Mexi-
cans who were there awaiting them.
Well, perhaps there was some order in
the commencement of our retreat from
| Mexico. for it had all been planned be-
! forehand, but it was an accursed arrang..
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related was that during the time the
Indians were attacking he had given or
ders to fire a cannon. but that the cannon
would not go off, and afterwards in the
same fight when the Indians were press :
ing him the cannon went off without any
fire being put into it and did great'de-
struction in the Mexican ranks; and that
If the cannon had not gone off at that
moment the Indians would have killed
them all, and as it was they carried off
two soldiers alive.
And this was also told by the soldiers
(the others being told by Alvarado alone)
that being short of water, as their supply
had been cut off by the Indians, he had
ordered well sunk in the patio, and
there they found sweet water, while all
the surrounding water was salt.
AS to this matter of the water, l say
that saw the fountain and it gave sweet
water As TO the other things, some peo.
pie say that Pedro de Alvarado attacked
the Indians through avarice. because they
adorned themselves with jewels and gold,
when they were dancing before their
idols. | do not believe this. nor is it
cred ibe that such was the case, although
Father Bartolomeo de las Casas tells this
story, as he tells others also which never
occurred. | believe that he attcked them
for the purpose of striking them with
fear, and this. treason which they in
tended gave them cause to weep, because
of the evil which resulted. Had they
the attack it might have been
different, for it is said he who attacks
conquers.
We also learned for certain that Monte
yuma had never ordered them to make
war on Pedro de Alyarado, and that on
the contrary he had commanded them
not to do SO, and to this they had re-
piled that they could no longer allow him
to remain prisoner and to have Alva-
RADIO kill them while they were celebrat-
ing a feast of their gods, as he had done,
and that they we've determined to rescue
him and kill all the Teules. These things
learned from reliable persons of those
who were with Pedro de Alyarado when
they occurred, ,tr
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4 fter the capture of Narvaez Cores COM
men ced preparations for the colonizing of
soma towns near the coast, and in order that
no ne ws should reach Cuba OF the defeat of
NaryA ez, caused the anchors, sails and rud-
ders to be taken from all the ships then in the
harbor of San Juan de Ulua. At this moment,
however, news came from Mexico that the
city was in rebellion end Alvarado besieged i'll
his quartz rs. The subsequent events are de-
tailed in Il le following chapters.
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N D W H L N W L
learned that Pedro
de Alvarado was sur
rounded and Mexico
in rebellion the pre- :
parations that were
being made to colo
nize Panuco and Gu
axocingo ceased, and
Juan Velasqaez de
Iaop and niaun do
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CHAPTER XXXVIH

OF How We Mal'e Forced Marches to Reach
Mexico to SuccOr Pedro de AlvaradO,
Who Had Been Attacked by the Indians
During Our Ab.ieuo.
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CHAPTER XII
OF How the Mexicans Refused to Make a
Truce With Us, and Of How We Deter
mined to Fight Our Way Out of Mex
leo, and Our Preparations for the Retreat

AS we saw that our forces were growing
less every day and those of the Mexicans
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TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE uNIMrRovED
REAh RSTAT E s RS4Rt AL x OF 9TAHh
THREE l67s,, LYING BETMEEN NORTH
CAPITOL AND FIRST STREETS EAST AND
NJ AND L STREETS NORTH, EXCEPT ORIG
NAL LOTS EIGHTEEN Qs) AND NINETEEN
By virtue of deed of trust, dated the twelfth
S Of o m ONE Of ana apd o IN Of the No
trict Of Columbia, and in pursuance Of the per-
mission Of the Supreme Court of the District Of
the twenty first day of June, 1885. in Equity
No. 18css Equity Docket 3s, of said court wherein
Richard S. Windsor. executor, is complainant, and
Myron NJ. Parker and others defendants. and
at the request Of the party secured by said deed Of
trust. Will sell by auction IN front of the
NOVEMBER, AID. 1895, at HALF-PAsT FOUR
O'CLOCK PM. the following described real estate,
situated in the city. of Washington. District OF
dred and seventy three (6T3J except original lots
numbered eighteen Qs) and nineteen u9). The
north half Of said be- eT r nr ios egh
II II shall sell for sufficient to pay the debt
secured by said deed Of trust together with inter-
trust, then the south half of said square will be
offered for sale as a whole.
Terms Of sale to each part of said square:
One-thir of the purchase mo.ey In cash (of which
fifteen hundred dollars to be paid at the time of
saIe) end tie balance in three equal installmens,
sale, with interest at six per cent per annum, pay
able semi-annually, or all cash, at the option of
the purchaser. The deferred payments to be rep
chasers and secured by deed of trust the prop
erty sold. All conveyancing and recording at the
of sale te not complied with in twenty days from
day of SALE the trustees reserve the right to re-
sell, at the risk and cost of the defaultng pur-
ment in some newspaper published in Washington,
DC MYRoN NJ. PARKER, Trustee.
JOHN C. HEALD. Trustee. I'VE
Observation-Disclosures 902 + st. NV.
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elect a local union junior superintendent.
and the election was deferred to next meet
Ing. Mr. w. w. Douglass was appointed to
draft resolution to be presented to the
state convention. asking the legislature to
enact law for the suppression of gambling
and other evils in the county of Alexandria.
A praise service was held, led by Mrs S. E.
Bailey of Arlington. This was followed by
general discussion on the subject Good
Citizenship" and the closing conservation
service. Herndon was selected as the next
place of meeting.
A meeting of the town council was held at
the council rooms Monday night when the
F. c. Austin Company of Chicago, H.. was
awarded the contract for crusher, screen
and roller, which were directed to be for
warded at once.
Mr.. Jason Newton and Mr.. and Mrs Geo
Fish, who have been visiting the family Of
Mrs. Levi Parker for several weeks, re-
turned to their homes in Pittsfeld, Mass,
Saturday.
The Harvest Home by the members of
the Sunday school of the Congregational
Church. under the supervision of Mr. A. P
Eastman, superintendent, was an interest
ing event Sunday night. The exercises con-
sisted OF class Rotations by the scholars,
and address by Mr.. w. w. Kinsley reading
by Mr.. G. F. Rollins from the works of the
poet Whittier, and solo, Ruth and Ma
omi, by Miss Julia Pond of lexington
Miss Alice Perrigo of New York is Visiting
her father, Mr.. Charles Perrigo
Miss Julia Pond of lexington, D. c.. is
visiting Mrs. A. P. Eastman.
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RADCLIFFE, SUTTON L CO., AUCTIONEERS.
Successors to Radcliffe, Darr & Co..

cHANcERY SALE Of VALUABLE UNMPRovED
REAL ESTATE AT THE CORNERS OF
TWELFTH AND E AND FOURTEENTH AND D
STREETS NORTHEAST AND FIFTEENTH AND
By virtue of decree Of the Supreme Court Of
the District of Columbia in the case Of Osborn ct
al. vs. Smith ct al. equity 16.5O9. We will offer
for sale. at public auction, In front Of the re
spective premises on SATURDAY THE NINTH
QUARTER PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM. in the
order following, the following described real estate
situate in the city of Washington, District Of Co
lumbia, to wit:
FIRST: Lot l. square 9s4. excepting the north
fronting 100 feet on and 100 on 18th street and
being the northwest corner.
SECOND: Immediately thereafter, lot 3, square
1882, fronting Tennessee avenue 107 feet 8
street 100 feet and containing about r. % feet
LASTLY, and Immediately thereafter: Lot /,
square 1OSs, fronting 81 feet street and so
feet on 10Th street, and being the northwest
year and third In two years from day of sale,
the deferred payments to be secured by deed Of
trust on the property satisfactory in form, to be
approved by the court, and to bear interest, pay
able semi annually, at the rate Of six per cent per
ton. deposit Of $500 required on each lot at
the time of SALE Property sold clear of prior
to July 1, 1895. All conveyancing and recording
at purchasers cost. Terms Of sale to be complied
the trustees the right to resell the property
at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser,
after five days previous advertisement in this
newspaper.
W. MosBY WILLIAMS "A, s Trustee.
LEO SIMMONS. Trustee.
oc3O-d&ds Washington. D. Q.
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TRUSTEES, ,,S SALE OF VALUABLE UNRpRovED
PROPERTY IN ''BR00KLAND," d. C.
By virtue Of two certain deeds Of trust duly
recorded in Liber 141S at folios 426 ct seq, and
42S ct seq, respectively, Of the land records Of
the District of Columbia, We will sell, Mt the
request Of the parties secured by said deeds of
trust in front Of the premises, on THURSDAY,
THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, A D.
1895, AT HALF-PAST THREE O'CLOCK PM,
the following described real estate situate in the
District of Columbia, in the county of Washington,
to wit: All those certain pieces parcels of land
known as, and being, lots numbered twenty two
22) and twsnty-three t2S): in block numbered
thirty:two Cs2, OF B. F. Leighton and Richard
E. Pairo, trustees, recorded subdivision of n tract
Of land called ..Brookland'' as recorded in the
office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia,
in Liber No. (courty subdivisonsl, folios 1903 and
1O4.
Terms Of sale: One-third cash. and the balance
in and two years. with notes to bear six per
per cent interest per annum payable semi annually,
and secured by deed of trust the property sold,
all cash, at the purchasers option. A deposit
of 500 each let at time Of sale All convey
ancing and recording at purchasers cost. Terms
of sale to be compiled with In ten days, IT re-
sale, at purchasers risk and cost.
JOHN RID0UT,
WM. E. EDMONSTON,
oc30-dts TruSteeS
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TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE RESIDENCE
PROPERTY, NO 926 z STREET NORTHWEST,
WASHINGTON. D. c., AND LARGE BRICK
STABLE IN THE REAR.
BY virtue of certain deed of trust. dated the Goth
day of November, AID. 1892, and duly recorded in
Liber 1853, folio 22S ct one of the land records
Of the District Of Columbia ind at the request of the
party secured thereby, will sell, at public
ton. in front of tn. premises, THURSDAY.
NOVEMBER FOURTEENTH, 1895, AT HALF-PAST
FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the following described real
situate in the city of Washington District of
Columbia, to wit: All that certain piece parcel of
lind and premises known and distinguished rs and
being the west twenty GO, feet front by the full
depth Q67 feet 10a inches, containing 1851 square
feet less) Of original lot numbered seventeen
40, in square numbered three hundred and seventy
eight CTS, known No. 926 street northwest
Washington DC. Thirty-fOot alley in the rear.
Terms One-thrd cash, the balance in one and two
years from the day of sale, with interest. payable
semi-annually, and secured by deed of trust :he
property: or all cash, at purchasers option De-
posit Of $500 required at time of sale. All
eonveyaneing and recording at purchasers cost
Should the terms be not complied with In fifteen
days from the day of sale the trustees the
right to resell the property at the risk and cost Of
the defaulting purchaser, after such public notice
as they may deem necessary.
FRANK T. RAWLINGS, Trustee,
1905 Penna. ave.
BERNARD H. JOHNSTON. Trustee
no2-d&ds 1903 Penna. ave.
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TRUSTEES, SALE OF IMrR FRO Dn PROPERTY IIEY
AND TWENTY SECOND STREET WEST.
By virtue Of two deeds Of trust. duly recorded.
respectively, in Liber 1905 folio 1913 ct seq., and
in tiber 1267 folio 1893 seq of the land records
Of the county of Washington. in the District Of
Columbia, will sell in front Of the premises on
FRIDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF NOVEM-
BIER, AID. 1895, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK
PM, that piece parcel of land and premises sit
uate in the District Of Columbia, and known and
described as lot numbered seven %; in square
eighty-four (S4 of the city OF Washington, to-
gether with all and singular the appurtenances,
rights, privileges. improvements and other hereita-
ments to the same belonging or in any wise apper-
tanning.
Terms Of sale: One-third cash, balance in one
and two years at s per cent per annum, interest
trust on the property sold. or all cash. at the
purchasers option A deposit of $500 required
at time of sale. Conveyancing, etc. ut pur-
chaser's cost Terms of sale to be complied with
in fifteen days from date OF sale, otherwise the
trustees reserve the right to resell the property
at the risk and cost of defaulting purchaser after
five days advertisement of such resale in some
newspaper published in the city of Washington.
DC.
ISAAC L. JOHNSON,
JOHN n. LAWTON,
o2S-d&ds Trustees