The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2): Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain.Díaz del Castillo, Bernal
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The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2): Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain.
Díaz del Castillo, Bernal
Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540
CHAP. CVI. Of the high words which arose between Velasquez de Leon and
our treasurer Gonzalo Mexia on account of the gold which was missing
from the heap, and how Cortes put an end to that dispute 282
CHAP. CVII. How Motecusuma offers one of his daughters in marriage to
Cortes, who accepts her, and pays her the attention due to her high
station 284
CHAP. CVIII. How the powerful Motecusuma acquaints Cortes that it is
requisite for his safety to quit Mexico, with the whole of his men, as
all the caziques and papas were upon the point of rising up in arms to
destroy us all, in compliance with the advice given them by their gods:
the steps which Cortes took upon this news 286
CHAP. CIX. How the governor of Cuba, Velasquez, in all haste fits out an
armament against us, the command of which he gives to Pamfilo de
Narvaez, who was accompanied by the licentiate Lucas Vazquez de Aillon,
auditor of the royal court of audience at St. Domingo 289
CHAP. CX. How Narvaez arrives with the whole of his flotilla in the
harbour of San Juan de Ulua, and what happened upon this 290
CHAP. CXI. How Pamfilo Narvaez despatches five persons to Sandoval, the
commandant of Vera Cruz, with summons to surrender up the town to him
293
CHAP. CXII. How Cortes, after he had gained every information respecting
the armament, wrote to Narvaez, and several of his acquaintances who had
come with him, and particularly to Andreas du Duero, private secretary
to Velasquez; and of other events 296
CHAP. CXIII. The high words which arose between the auditor Vazquez de
Aillon and Narvaez, who orders him to be seized and sent back prisoner
to Spain 298
CHAP. CXIV. Narvaez marches, with the whole of his troops, to Sempoalla;
his proceedings there; and how we in Mexico determine to march against
him 300
CHAP. CXV. How the powerful Motecusuma inquires of Cortes whether it was
really his intention to march out against Narvaez, though the latter's
troops were double the number of ours 302
CHAP. CXVI. How we determined once more to despatch father Olmedo to
Narvaez's head-quarters, and what we commissioned him to say 306
CHAP. CXVII. How father Olmedo arrived in Narvaez's head-quarters at
Sempoalla, and what he did there 308
CHAP. CXVIII. How Cortes reviews the whole of his troops, and we are
supplied with two hundred and fifty very long new lances, by the
Tchinantecs 310
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