The Corpses fill the Streets 87 Pestilence sweeps off Multitudes 88 Alarming Prodigies 88 Spirit of Guatemozin 89 Cortés requests an Interview with him 90 Guatemozin consents 90 He avoids a Parley 91 Murderous Assault 93 Appalling Scene of Carnage 93 Preparations for the final Attack 96 Cortés urges an Interview 97 The Signal given 98 Aztecs attempt to escape 99 Capture of Guatemozin 100 Cessation of Hostilities 101 Person of Guatemozin 102 Brought before Cortés 102 His Wife, Montezuma’s Daughter 104 Furious Thunder-storm 106 Mexicans abandon their City 106 Number of those who perished 108 Amount of the Spoil 109 Cortés dismisses his Allies 109 Rejoicings of the Spaniards 110 Solemn Thanksgiving 111 Reflections 111 Aztec Institutions 112 Their moral Influence 114 Cruelty ascribed to the Spaniards 114 The Conquest as a military Achievement 117 Notice of the Historian Solís 119 His Life and Writings 121 Sahagun’s Twelfth Book 125 BOOK VII CONCLUSION--SUBSEQUENT CAREER OF CORTÉS CHAPTER I TORTURE OF GUATEMOZIN--SUBMISSION OF THE COUNTRY--REBUILDING OF THE CAPITAL--MISSION TO CASTILE--COMPLAINTS AGAINST CORTÉS--HE IS CONFIRMED IN HIS AUTHORITY Small Amount of Treasure 130 Disappointment of the Soldiers 130 Torture of Guatemozin 130 His Fortitude unshaken 131