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had left in Cuba. came to Mexico. Cor
I tez had then become famous and, as the
story goes. his wife sncaked into the
country without his knowledge and &C
cOsted him at COyOhuacan- He took
/ her into his palace and there. as the
tradition goes, after one Of his OtOus
banQEcts, he Strangled her with her
{ own necklace Of pearls. Others say
that she committed suicide. At any
I rate, after COrtez went to Spain he
was indicted for numbering his wife
and the case occupies many pages in
/ the Archives OF the Indies" which
includes the history of the crime Civ
ing all the judicial proceedings against
Cortez and his final acQUittal COrtez
married again while he was in Spain,
taking there a wife, dOna Juana de
Zuniga Y Arellano. d woman of title
and property. He had a son by her.
who was christened don Martin and
who Inherited the most of the prop
erty
HOntezunla's Daughter. Isabella.
The daughter OF MOntezuma, whom
Cortez took as one Of his wives, had
been given the christian name Of Isa-
bella She had been married to Qua
uhtemOc. MOntezuma's nephew and
successor. who fought against Cortez
ana who was put to death by the Span
!, iards in 1922 GuauhtemOc succeeded
Montezuma- and il was said that Cor
tez had him executed, in order that he
might possess Isabella
Some time afterward Isabella married
again. and this time a Spaniard He
died and she again married. Her name
was now sonora de Saavadra, and as
such she had three sons and a daugh-
ter One of her sons married a daugh-
ter Of the duke Of Toledo
1t is said that Isabella had daugh-
Ter Dy COrtez named LeOnOr, and that
when she died she made a will giving
her estate to her six children. stating
% L. -e4e-
her two Spanish husbands, and that
the other, the said LeonOr Cortez, was
a natural daughter by the great gen
eraL This viii is said to be still in
existence. LeOnOr Cortez was married
ana her daughter was known as the
princess Acaltan, from whom is de-
scended the duke Soteles de Montezu-
ma, OF Madrid.
The first husband Of Isabella. the
emperor Circumference, was one of the
famous characters Of Aztec history. He
was conquered by the Spaniards and
tortured by fire to make him confess
where the Aztecs had buried their
treasure With him during the roast
ing was another chief VINO could not
stano the pain and cried out that he
felt he must tell Thereupon Guauhte-
moe shook his head and sternIy re-
Joined;
And perhaps you think I am rest
ing on a bed Of roses"
The painting OF this scene is one Of
the great pictures OF the National mu-
scum.
The COrtez Estates.
COrteZ. like Columbus, had q sad time
during his latter days He was given
the title OF the marquis of the Valley
of Oaxaca. and he had great estates in
Mexico, but when, toward the latter
part Of his life, he went to Spain, he
found IL almost impossible to see the
king. At one time he tried TO force
his way through the crowd to the en-
DerOrs carriage. and even put his foot
on the step. ThereupOn the emperor,
Charles Y, astonished at his assurance.
demanded to know who he was, and
Cortez replied:
4 am a man. sire who has given
you more provinces than your ances-
tors left you cities"
Shortly after this, COrtez left Madrid
and died in solitude near Seville As
10 his estates here in the new world, he
had some in the valley OF Mexico, some
near Cuernavaca and some on the 18TH
mus Of Tehuantepec- He had also a
palace at COyOhuacan and valuable
property there, which remained in the
hands Of his heirs until about o years
ago, when It was taken over by the
town council. The sOcaued palace still
stands and il was for a long time used