The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo Vol. 2

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Chap. CXLI.
Chap. CXLII.
Chap. CXLIII.
Chap. CXLIV.
Chap. CXLV.
Chap. CXLVI.
Chap. CXLVII.
Chap.
CXLVIII.
Chap. CXLIX.
happened to him in a place which we termed the
Moorish town
How Cortes marches against the town of Xaltocan,
which lay in the midst of the lake, about twenty-four
miles from Mexico, and from thence proceeds to
other townships
How the captain Sandoval marches to Chalco and
Tlalmanalco, and what he did there
How we marked our slaves at Tezcuco with a red-hot
iron, and received intelligence that a vessel had run
into Vera Cruz
How Cortes made a hostile excursion to all the cities
and larger townships which lay round about the lake,
and what happened on that occasion
The terrible thirst we suffered on our further march;
our dangerous position at Xochimilco, and the many
battles we fought there with the Mexicans, until our
return to Tezcuco
How we discover, on our return to Tezcuco, that a
conspiracy had been set on foot by the men of
Narvaez's troops to murder Cortes, and all who were
of his party; of the author of this conspiracy; his
punishment;and of other matters
How Cortes issues orders to the inhabitants of all the
townships in the neighbourhood of Tezcuco which
were allied with us, to furnish us with arrows and
copper points for the same, and what further took
place at our head-quarters
How Cortes reviews the whole of his troops at
Tezcuco; and of his further dispositions for
conducting the siege of Mexico
The manner in which Cortes selects the men who
were to row the brigantines; of the commanders who
were appointed to each; and of other matters
Chap. CL. Of Cortes' further dispositions for the siege 60
Chap. CLI.
Chap. CLII.
Chap. CLIII.
How Cortes assigns particular stations to the twelve
brigantines, the thirteenth being considered unfit for
service
How the Mexicans defeated Cortes, and took sixtytwo
of his men prisoners, who were sacrificed to
their idols; our general himself being wounded in the
leg
The new plan of operation which we adopt in the
siege, and how all our allies return to their several
homes
Chap. CLIV. How Cortes offers terms of peace to Quauhtemoctzin 97
Chap. CLV. How Gonzalo de Sandoval marches against the 100
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