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nydus/The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2)Public

Bernal Díaz del Castillo chronicles the military expedition led by Hernán Cortés against the city of Tezcuco in late 1520. This account details the mobilization of Spanish forces and Tlascallan allies, as well as the tactical challenges encountered while navigating mountain passes during the march toward Mexico.

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Table of Contents

THE SECOND VOLUME.

Chap. CXXXVII.How the whole of us marched towards Tezcuco, and what happened to us on our way there1
Chap. CXCII.How the licentiate commences the investigation against Cortes, and all those persons who had filled judicial offices; and how he fell ill shortly after, and died309
Chap. CXCIII.How, after the death of Ponce de Leon, Marcos de Aguilar assumes the government; the disputes which arose in consequence, and of other matters311
Chap. CXCIV.Marcos de Aguilar dies, and in his will appoints the treasurer Alonso de Estrada governor; and of other matters318
Chap. CXCV.How Cortes receives letters from the Cardinal de Siguenza, then president of the council of the Indies, and from several other cavaliers, advising him to repair to Spain without delay; the death of his father Martin Cortes; and of other matters326
Chap. CXCVI.How the royal court of audience arrive in Mexico during Cortes' stay in Spain, and what their first occupations were336
Chap. CXCVII.How Nuño de Guzman, on the intelligence that the emperor had cashiered the royal court of audience, determines to subdue the province of Xalisco, at present called New Galicia343
Chap. CXCVIII.The arrival of the new members of the royal court of audience in Mexico344
Chap. CXCIX.Cortes returns to New Spain as marquis del Valle Oaxaca, and captain-general of New Spain and of the South Sea, accompanied by his wife Doña Maria de Zuniga, and father Leguizamo and other monks348
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