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. CXIX. How Duero, with the soldier Usagre and two of his Indian
servants from Cuba, arrived in our camp; who this Duero was, and the
reason of his visit, &c. 311
CHAP. CXX. How Juan Velasquez arrives in Narvaez's head-quarters, and
what took place there 314
CHAP. CXXI. What took place in Narvaez's quarters after the return to
our camp of the ambassadors we had sent there 318
CHAP. CXXII. The order of our march against Narvaez; the speech Cortes
made to us; and our reply to it 320
CHAP. CXXIII. How the 2000 Indians of Chinantla, whom Cortes had
demanded of the caziques there, arrived at Sempoalla after Narvaez's
defeat 329
CHAP. CXXIV. How Cortes despatches Francisco de Lugo, with two men who
had formerly been ship-builders, to the harbour where Narvaez's flotilla
lay, to bring all the captains and pilots of the vessels to Sempoalla
329
CHAP. CXXV. How we all, including Narvaez's troops, hasten to Mexico by
forced marches 333
CHAP. CXXVI. How the Mexicans made war upon us, and the battles we
fought with them 337
CHAP. CXXVII. Cortes determines to announce Motecusuma's death to the
Mexican generals and chiefs who are at war with us 345
CHAP. CXXVIII. How we come to the determination of leaving Mexico
secretly at night; and what further happened 347
CHAP. CXXIX. How we quartered ourselves in the metropolis of Tlascalla,
and what we did there 359
CHAP. CXXX. How we marched into the province of Tepeaca, what we did
there, and of other things which happened 365
CHAP. CXXXI. How a vessel, which had been sent by Diego Velasquez from
Cuba, arrived at Vera Cruz, commanded by the captain Pedro Barba, and
the manner in which Caballero captured her 369
CHAP. CXXXII. How the inhabitants of Quauhquechola called upon Cortes,
and begged of him to drive out the Mexican troops from their town, as
they were plundered and ill-used by them 370
CHAP. CXXXIII. How one of the vessels which Francisco de Garay had
fitted out for the object of forming settlements on the river Panuco,
put in at Vera Cruz, and what further happened 373
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