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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

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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.

Name: 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.
Author: Díaz del Castillo, Bernal

Díaz del Castillo, Bernal

Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540

CHAP. XXXIII. Cortes issues orders that we should hold ourselves in
  readiness to march against the Indians on the following day; he also
  commands the horses to be brought on shore. How the battle terminates we
  fought with them                                                       73

  CHAP. XXXIV. How we are attacked by all the caziques of Tabasco, and the
  whole armed force of this province, and what further took place        74

  CHAP. XXXV. How Cortes assembles all the caziques of this province, and
  what further happened                                                  77

  CHAP. XXXVI. How all the caziques and calachonis of the river Grijalva
  arrive with presents, and what happened after this                     80

  CHAP. XXXVII. How Doña Marina herself was a caziquess, and the daughter
  of distinguished personages; also a ruler over a people and several
  towns; and how she came to Tabasco                                     84

  CHAP. XXXVIII. How we arrive with our vessels in San Juan de Ulua, and
  what we did there                                                      86

  CHAP. XXXIX. How Teuthlille makes his report to Motecusuma, and gives
  him our presents; as also what further took place in our camp          90

  CHAP. XL. How Cortes goes in search of another harbour and a good spot
  to found a colony, and what further happened                           92

  CHAP. XLI. What happened on account of our bartering for gold, and of
  other things which took place in our camp                              94

  CHAP. XLII. How we elected Hernando Cortes captain-general and chief
  justice until we should receive the emperor's commands on this head; and
  what further happened                                                  97

  CHAP. XLIII. How the partisans of Diego Velasquez would not acknowledge
  the power we had conferred upon Cortes, and what further took place   100

  CHAP. XLIV. How Pedro de Alvarado was ordered to make an excursion into
  the interior of the country, in order to procure maise and other
  provisions; and what further happened                                 101

  CHAP. XLV. How we marched into Sempoalla, which at that period was a
  very considerable township, and what we did there                     104

  CHAP. XLVI. How we march into Quiahuitzlan, which was a town with
  fortifications, and were most friendly received                       106

  CHAP. XLVII. How Cortes ordered the five Mexican tax-gatherers to be
  imprisoned, and no further obedience to be paid Motecusuma, nor tribute
  to be exacted; and of the rebellion which was now excited against this
  monarch                                                               109

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