The chroniclers call him an uncle of the Tezcucan king, but this appears to be a misinterpretation of Cortés’ text, wherein he says that such an uncle had captured the prisoner.

Cortés, Cartas, 251. This was partly in accordance with the law against nobles who returned from captivity, as already instanced.

‘Tenia mucho miedo de parecer ante mí, y tambien estaba malo.’ Cortés, Cartas, 253. ‘Empacho,’ explains Herrera, dec. iii. lib. ii. cap. vii. He feared to be shot. Bernal Diaz, Hist. Verdad., 164.