Torquemada, i. 570-1, followed by Clavigero, mentions besides Tetlepanquetzaltzin,
king of Tlacopan, the fugitive king of Tezcuco; but this is
doubtful, as we have seen. He enumerates several dignitaries. Brasseur de
Bourbourg names Tlacahuepan, son of Montezuma, while his authority,
Ixtlilxochitl, states that his namesake captured him and Tetlepanquetzaltzin
in another canoe, and in a third Papantzin Oxomoc, widow of Emperor Cuitlahuatzin. Hor. Crueldades, 50. ‘Quahutimoc se puso en pie en la popa de su
canoa para pelear. Mas como vio ballestas ... rindiose.’ Gomara, Hist. Mex.,
213. This probably assumed fact has been elaborated by some writers into an
heroic act. The incident has been placed by tradition as occurring near the
later Puente del Clérigo. But this can hardly be. See note 27. According
to Bernal Diaz, Sandoval came up shortly after, on learning the news, and
demanded the surrender of the captives to him as the commander of the fleet,
who had ordered Holguin to pursue the canoes. The latter refused, and a
delay occurred, during which another crew hurried to bear the tidings to Cortés
and claim the reward granted for first reports. Two captains were now sent
to summon the disputants and captives. Hist. Verdad., 155. Cortés, while
according in his letter the credit of the capture to Holguin, promised to refer
the claim to the king.
Holguin figures some years later as regidor and estate
owner in the city.