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CONTENTS.
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| CHAPTER XI. | |
| THE SINKING OF THE FLEET. | |
| July-August, 1519. | |
| Diego Velazquez once More — His Supporters in the Camp of Cortés — They Attempt Escape — Are Discovered — The Leaders are Seized and Executed — Cortés' Ride to Cempoala, and what Came of it — He Determines on the Destruction of the Fleet — Preliminary Stratagems — Several of the Ships Pronounced Unseaworthy — The Matter before the Soldiers — The Fleet Sunk — Indignation of the Velazquez Faction — One Vessel Remaining — It is Offered to any Wishing to Desert — It is finally Sunk — Francisco de Garay's Pretensions — Seizure of Some of his Men. | 174 |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| MARCH TOWARD MEXICO. | |
| August-September, 1519. | |
| Enthusiasm of the Army — The Force — The Totonacs Advise the Tlascalan Route — Arrival at Jalapa — A Look Backward — The Anáhuac Plateau — Meeting with Olintetl — Arrival in the Country of the Tlascaltecs — The Senate Convenes and Receives the Envoys of Cortés — An Encounter — A More Serious Battle — Xicotencatl Resolves to Try the Prowess of the Invaders, and is Defeated. | 191 |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| ENTRY INTO TLASCALA. | |
| September, 1519. | |
| Native Chiefs Sent as Envoys to the Tlascalan Capital — Their Favorable Reception — Xicotencatl Plans Resistance to Cortés — Sends out Spies — Cortés Sends them back Mutilated — The Spaniards Attack and Defeat Xicotencatl — Night Encounters — General Dissatisfaction and a Desire to Return to Villa Rica — Envoys Arrive from Montezuma — Cortés Receives Xicotencatl and the Tlascalan Lords — Peace Concluded — Tlascala — Festivities and Rejoicings — Mass Celebrated — Cortés Inclined to Extreme Religious Zeal — Brides Presented to the Spaniards — Appropriate Ceremonies — Preparing to Leave Tlascala for Cholula — Communications with the Cholultecs. | 211 |
