The herald., 1895-05-05

the lord of that province had but lately
died of smallpox, and that before he died
he commanded them to take his two sons
to Cortes in order that he might recog-
nize them as lords of Chalco, and that
they all desired to be subjects of the great
King Of the Teules, as their ancestors
had handed down tradition that men
would come from where the sun rose VIII
should rule over them.
From what they had seen they were sat
isied they said. that we were the men
spoken of by their ancestors. Sandoval
then returned with his whole force to
Tezcuco. taking with him the sons of the
late lord of Chalco. and other principal
men and the eight Mexican prisoners.
When he arrived in Tezcuco he imme-
dately took the Chalcans and his Mex
ican prisoners to the quarters of Cortes.
and the men of Chalco. after the usual
courtesies had been exchanged. told
him. and of their desire to become vas
sails of his majesty. and OF the wish OF
their late lord relative to his sons. and
they presented Cortes with Jewels worth
about two hundred dollars. When Cortes
heard this he gave by his hand the lord
ship to. the eldest brother. with more than
half of the subject towns, and to the
younger brother he gave Talmanalco and
Chimalocan with Ayocingo and some other
towns.
After some further talk the Chalcans
said that now they desired to return
home. and that in every possible way they
would endeavor to serve the representa-
tives of his majesty. And Cortes told
them to wait two days as he was about to
send Captain with soldiers to Tlascala
for the tmbers of the brigantines, and
that the force would escort them to their
province.
Cortes at this time sent the eight pris-
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the King Guatemoc that If he would
make peace with lis he would pardon all
the harm the Mexicans had already done
to us. and that it was easy to commence
the war. but that the end of all wars was
ruin to some one, and that this one could
and that we we'll knew of all the warlike
stores he was laying in, but that he was
only wasting time and working in vain.
and that the result would be the destruc-
tion of his people and of his city.
And he asked him to consider the
great power of the God we adored and
who always aided us, and also to consider
that all his neighbors were now allied
with US against HIM and that as for the
Tlascalans thev desired nothing better
than the destruction OF the Mexicans in
order to be revenged for The great inlur-
les they had done them in the past, and
to think of ali these things and make
peace, and that he would confer honors
on him.
The prisoners carried the message to
Guatemac, but he paid no attention to
1T and went on with his preparations for
war. sending out to all his provinces,
telling them that whenever they captured
any Of us they should send us to Mexico
to be sacrificed and to be ready to come
in arms whenever he called them and
he forgave them tributes and made them
great promises.
The people OF Guatinchan again came
to Cortes complaining that the Mexicans
taken some OF their people prisoners and
carried them off to Mexico. and they said
that the Mexicans were accustomed to
come about twice week to the fields OF
maize. of which have already spoken.
And Cortes ordered spies to be placed