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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. CLIV.How Cortes offers terms of peace to Quauhtemoctzin97
Chap. CLV.How Gonzalo de Sandoval marches against the provinces which had sent their troops to cooperate with Quauhtemoctzin100
Chap. CLVI.How Quauhtemoctzin was taken prisoner107
Chap. CLVII.How Cortes orders the aqueduct of Chapultepec to be restored; and of various other matters116
Chap. CLVIII.How a certain Christobal de Tapia arrived in Vera Cruz, with the appointment of governor of New Spain122
Chap. CLIX.How Cortes and the officers of the crown forward to Spain the wardrobe of Motecusuma, and the emperor's share of the booty; and what further happened131
Chap. CLX.How Sandoval arrives in the town of Tustepec; what he did there; his march to the river Guacasualco, and what further happened137
Chap. CLXI.How Alvarado marches to the province of Tutepec to build a town there; and how far he succeeded in subduing the country, and in founding a colony145
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