Works, Volumes 23-24Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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... lives . Some others were of opinion that we should fall upon the Indians that very night , for , as the proverb says " who attacks conquers " . On the other hand we could see that there were about two hundred Indians to every one of us ...
... lives . Some others were of opinion that we should fall upon the Indians that very night , for , as the proverb says " who attacks conquers " . On the other hand we could see that there were about two hundred Indians to every one of us ...
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... lives the idols must come to the ground that very day . We were all armed ready for a fight as it was ever our custom to be so , and Cortés told the caciques that the idols must be overthrown . When they saw that we were in earnest ...
... lives the idols must come to the ground that very day . We were all armed ready for a fight as it was ever our custom to be so , and Cortés told the caciques that the idols must be overthrown . When they saw that we were in earnest ...
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... lives . " Cortés and our Captains felt grief at what he said and were even a good deal dis- quieted , and it was not to be wondered at , the affair coming so suddenly and with such insistence that our lives were at once placed in the ...
... lives . " Cortés and our Captains felt grief at what he said and were even a good deal dis- quieted , and it was not to be wondered at , the affair coming so suddenly and with such insistence that our lives were at once placed in the ...
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Aguilar Alaminos Alonzo already anchor arrived arrow wound asked attack Ávila barter battle beads Bernal Díaz boats brought Caciques called canoes Cape Catoche Captain carried Cempoala Chanpoton CHAPTER chief coast Coatzacoalcos conquest Cortés ordered Cozumel Cristóbal crossbows Cruz Diego de Ordás Diego Velásquez Doña Marina expedition EXTRACTS FROM INTRODUCTION fat Cacique fleet Francisco de Lugo Francisco de Montejo Francisco Hernández gave gold Gomara Gonzalo Governor Guatemala happened Havana Hernández de Córdova Hernando Cortés horses Idols Indians Isla Island of Cuba Juan de Grijalva killed knew lances land leagues leave Lord maize Majesty March Maya Mexicans Mexico Montezuma Nahua named natives Pedro de Alvarado pilot port Potonchan province Rio de Grijalva river sail Santiago de Cuba sent ships shore soldiers soon Spain Spaniards story sword Tabasco tell things Tlaxcalans told took town TRANSLATOR Trinidad vessels voyage warriors wished Yucatan