| BOOK VI SIEGE AND SURRENDER OF MEXICO (CONTINUED) | |
|---|---|
| Number of those who perished | 108 |
| Amount of the Spoil | 109 |
| Cortés dismisses his Allies | 109 |
| Rejoicings of the Spaniards | 110 |
| Solemn Thanksgiving | 111 |
| Reflections | 111 |
| Aztec Institutions | 112 |
| Their moral Influence | 114 |
| Cruelty ascribed to the Spaniards | 114 |
| The Conquest as a military Achievement | 117 |
| Notice of the Historian Solís | 119 |
| His Life and Writings | 121 |
| Sahagun’s Twelfth Book | 125 |
| BOOK VII CONCLUSION—SUBSEQUENT CAREER OF CORTÉS | |
| CHAPTER I | |
| Torture of Guatemozin—Submission of the Country—Rebuilding of the Capital—Mission to Castile—Complaints against Cortés—He is confirmed in his Authority | |
| Small Amount of Treasure | 130 |
| Disappointment of the Soldiers | 130 |
| Torture of Guatemozin | 130 |
| His Fortitude unshaken | 131 |
| Submission of the Country | 132 |
| The Southern Ocean reached | 133 |
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