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people, and in the second battle, though
they brought against him force many
times greater than his own, he was
able with the help of his cannon and
horses, to gain a complete victory over
them. He then boldly formed an Al
lance with them and, joined by several
thousand of them, marched on the
great City of Mexico.
MonteZuna sent out other messengers,
warning them to keep off, and had the
roads filled with stones and big trees.
They pushed on, however and In q
few days arrived where they could look
down into the great valley Of the City
of Mexico The writer of the stories Of
of Three Americas has this to say
about this episode: 1.-THE sight of the
beautiful city, with its glistening white
buildings of stone, situated in the mid
die of lake, and connected by cause
ways with the land, it's temples and
buildings reflected in the lakes clear
water, was so wonderful and lovely that
the soldiers stood still and asked one
another If they were awake. The view
seemed to them like a dream or like a
story of enchantment."
Cortez entered the city Nov. 8, 1915
Montezuma in very fear having finally
consented to receive him. The Span
fards were Toasted and given the free
dom of the city for week, and then
Montezuma asked them to depart for
the coast, first loading them with pres
ents, but these made them anxious to
stay and rob the poor MeXicans of all
they possessed. There were tens Of
thousands of the Mexicans and only
200 Spaniards, but Cortez resolved on
a very bold deed. He insisted that the
Mexican king should treat him as an
equal and visit his quarters, and then
he had his soldiers drawn up around
the building and declared Montezuma
10 Coi6 ha 1T
taliation for the attack on his country
rsen at Vera Cruz. Thoroughly cowed.
Montezuma sent for the Aztec chief
who led the attack on the Spaniards.
and handed him over to Cortez for
punishment. CorteZ ordered the man
to be burned in the market place, and
then, emboldened by the terror he had
created among the people, he had
MonteZuma put in chains. The Mexi-
can king was then made to swear al
legiance to the Spanish king and rule
under the protection of Spain.
People Became Furious.
Eventually the people became furious
and demanded that Cortez go back to
Vera Cruz. He made the excuse that
he had no ships in which to send his
men back to Spain, and Montezuma
sent large number of men to Vera
Cruz to aid him in ship building. About
this time Cortez had trouble with
Velasquez, who Sent Narvaez to Mexico
to attack him. Cortez surprised
Narvaez, overcame his army, won all
of his men over to his own side and
Narvaez was obliged to join him as his
lieutenant. Cortez hurried back to the
city of Mexico, where he quarreled and
fought with the natives for a long time
finally making up his mind to retreat
in the night. AS he had to get away
by a bridge made Of three parts, he
started away with great caution. After
q crossing one section of the bridge his
troops were sighted by a Mexican SEN
tinel, who gave the alarm to the city.
The natives swaTmed up on the bridges,
cut away the outer bridges, killed many
of the Spaniards with spears and push
ed many more into the lake to be
drowned.
Cortez made made another treaty with the
Ilascala king, secured achievements
from Spain and a year later laid siege
to the Mexican capital again. For
three months he assailed the walls of
the city before he could force his Wav
in. This siege developed into the hor-
ror OF the time: Thousands of people
were killed, and even a greater MN.
Der persisted by famine
Montezuma had been killed nv
stone thrown by member of the mob
and Guatemozin was now king. Cortez
took possession of Mexico as its con-
NH, S0u Sfuo eeliioZll, and, three
years later, put him to death on the
charge Of conspiracy.
Retribution followed Cortez very fast
Narvaez and others became jealous
and he went back to Spain to plead
his cause before Charles v. Te
proved the charges against him were
false, but returned to Mexico onIv to
find that the jealousies had been grow
ing, and so many evil things were said
about him that he again went to Spai,
TO see the emperor, but Charles had