xvi
CONTENTS.
| Page | |
| CHAPTER XVIII. | |
| DOUBLY REFINED DEALINGS. | |
| 1519-1520. | |
| Hollow Homage to the Captive King — Montezuma has his Wives and Nobles — He Rules his Kingdom through the Spaniards — The Playful Page — Liberality of the Monarch — The Sacred Treasures — Cortés Resents the Insults of the Guard — Diversions — Quauhpopoca, his Son and Officers, Burned Alive — Plantations Formed — Villa Rica Affairs — Vessels Built — Pleasure Excursions. | 309 |
| CHAPTER XIX. | |
| POLITICS AND RELIGION. | |
| 1520. | |
| Growing Discontent among the Mexicans — Cacama's Conspiracy — He Openly Defies both Montezuma and Cortés — The Council of Tepetzinco — Seizure of Cacama. — The Tezcucan Ruler Deposed — Cuicuitzcatl Elevated — Montezuma and his People Swear Fealty to the Spanish King — Gathering in the Tribute — Division of Spoils — The Spaniards Quarrel over their Gold — Uncontrollable Religious Zeal — Taking of the Temple — Wrath of the Mexicans. | 328 |
| CHAPTER XX. | |
| THE CUBAN GOVERNOR IN PURSUIT. | |
| 1519-1520. | |
| The Mexicans Threaten Revolt — The Clergy in Arms — They Denounce the Conduct of Montezuma — The Emperor Declares he can no longer Restrain his People — Tidings of Velazquez' Fleet — Sailing from Cuba of an Expedition under Narvaez — Arrival in Mexico — Conflict with Cortés — Interchange of Threats and Courtesies — Attempted Union of Forces — Narvaez Remains Loyal to Velazquez — Desertion of Some of his Men to Cortés. | 353 |
| CHAPTER XXI. | |
| THE COUP DE MAÎTRE OF CORTÉS. | |
| May, 1520. | |
| Dismal Prospects — Empire to Hold, Invasion to Repel — The Army Divides — Alvarado Guards Montezuma, while Cortés Looks after Narvaez — The March Seaward — The Rendezvous — The Chinantecs and their Pikes — Cortés Sows Alluring Words in the Camp of the Enemy — Proposals of Peace — Defiance — Night Attack — Cortés Captures Narvaez and his Army. | 374 |
| CHAPTER XXII. | |
| ALVARADO'S MERCILESS MASSACRE. | |
| May, 1520. | |
| After the Battle — Victory Made Secure — Conduct of the Conquered — A General Amnesty — Disposition of the Forces — Affairs at the Capital — Insurrection Threatened — The Spaniards Hold a Council — Alvarado's Resolve — The Great Day of the Feast — The Spaniards Proceed to the Temple — The Grand Display there Witnessed — The Attack of the Spaniards — Horrors upon Horrors. | 399 |
