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Show 152 nooK 1 x:. ~ SP.CT· I X. March of the Spani!h ;ll'lny throu g-h the fouthern mountains. II I S T 0 R y 0 I· M E X I C 0. 0lew·ll 1gto c ot.t es, pal'n ted on a cloth ' the cities whi hh' Iw erIe armin.,. o • 11. 1 b order of the king, and the routes w 1c 1 t 1cy were agmnn t 1Cill Y . . c . h' , c1· · 1 W} 'le Cortes w.:~s prcp.mng h1s troops 101 t ts cxpc ttt n, to ta (e. 11 M . 1 . meun·c ngers au.1. ·v c· d '"' t 'Tez•c uco from Tuzapan, . ext at zmco, and I I 1 't'es t•1au 1 t an, Cl 1 , tuatcd 011 the coafl: of .t he Mcxtcan gulf .b cyom. l the co Ia ny o f V e1.., 1 Cruz, , to off~r obedience m the name of thc1r ci1J(.:fs to the king of Spain . . . On the fifth of ~pril Cortes fct ant from Tczcuco, wtth . tht.rty horfcs, three hundred SpaniOl infantry, and twenty th_,on.fancl. alltcs, lc:tving the command of that pbcc and the care of the bngantmc~ ~o Sandoval. He went il:rait to T lalmanalco, and from thence to htmalhuacan (g), where he incrcaf.cd his army with other twenty thoufand men, and who, to revenge themfelves on the Mexicans, or from the hopes of fpoil, or from both motives, came from different places to ferve in that war. DireCl:ing his way ac ordin to the route marked· in the Ch:tlchefe paintings, he tra vellcd through the !ou them mountains towards Huaxtepec; he iilw ncar to the road a fie p mountain, the top of which w:ts occupied by a vafl: number of wom".!n and children, and the fides by innumerJble warriors, wh0, trufl:ing to the natural il:rength of that place, made game of the SpaniarJs with howling and whifiling. Cortes, unable to endure this mockery, attacked the mountain on three fides; but they were hardly begun to afcend with the greatefl: difliculty through a {bower of darts and fiones, than he ordered a retreat; for, beiides that he perceived the attempt to be raili and more dangerous than fruitful, an army of the enemy came in fight, marching towards the f.'\tne place, with an intent to attack the Spaniards behind, when they were moil: engaged in the amtult. Cortes immediately made againfl: them, with his troops well formed . The ?attlc laO:ed a ihort time, for the enemy foon finding their inferiority of il:rcngth, quickly abandoned the field. The Spaniards purfucd them upwards of an hour and a half, until they were entirely routed. The lofs of the Spaniards on this occa!ion was almofl: nothing, but in the afiault of the mountain eight were killed and many of them wounded. (g) Thct·e were, nnd flill nre, two plncea of this name; the one fituatcd upon tho border of the lake of T~zcuco, clolo to tho pcnioiuht of htupalapnn, nnd c:tllcd (imply Cbimnlbuncn".J 1hc other, whi hit in tho mountains to thu (otlthward ut tho vale of Mexico is cnll,·d Chimal-htlill'a! l Cba/,·o; nnd it Willi to this lafr place thnt Cones went, ' Tho H I S T 0 R Y 0 I· M E X I C 0. The thidl: which dill:reffcd the army, and the intimation which Cortes had of another mountain three miles off fimilarly occupied, forced him to march towards that part. He obferved on one fide of the mountain two lofty rocks, defended by many warriors ; but they, . thinking that the Spaniards would attempt the a!fault on the fide oppofite, abandoned the rocks, and repaired where they apprehended mofl: danger. Cortes, who knew well how to profit by all conjunCl: ures which either fortune, or the imprudence of his enemies pre(entcd, ordered one of hi captains to endeavour to occupy one of the rocks with a competent number of men, while he employed the beliegecl on the oppolitc quarter. He began then to afcend. though not without the utmotl: ditliculty; but when he had reached a poll: as high as that taken by the enemy, he f:lw the Spanifl1 flag hoitl:ed npon one of the rocks. The enemy finding thcmfelves attacked on hoth fides, and having already began to feel the lofs which the firearms occafioned among them, furrendered. Cortes treated them with the utmofl: humanity; but dcrnandcd from them, as a condition neccfL'lry to obtain his pardon, that they lhould induce thofc alfo who occupicd the firfl: mountain to furrcnder al!o, which they accordingly did. BOOK X. ~ Cortes, finding thefc obil:acles removed, proceedcJ through Huaxtepec, Jauhtepec, and Xiuhtepec, to the large and plca.C.mt city of ~auhnahuac, '· ), the capital of the nation of the TLlhuicas, upwards of thirty miles diO:an t from Mexico, towards the fouth. This city was very il:rong from its natural fituation; being on one fide furrounded by tlecp mountains, and on the other by a hollow about [even perches deep, through which ran a little river. The cavalry could not enter the n; except by two ways, which were.; unknown to the Spani:trds, or by thc bridges which had been raifed as foon as they had appeared. Whi le they were il:eking a convenient place to begin the affillllt, the ~:1uh - SFc·r. X. Oll<)IICa of ~auhnahuac. (b) The name ~tauh n ah u:t c hns hccn firangcly nltercd by the Spaniards: Corte <"l lls rhis ity Cond!lflb(l. cd, Bet nal Dia1. Coadalbnm, Solis !<._uatlabn,·n, &c. That ot' Cu. i11abt1t'a prcv ail ~ d nft erwards, by 11 hich it i; known among the Spaniards nt prclcnt ; bll t the lthlians tlil.J retain the old twmc ~:lllh n ahllac . It is one of the thiny plac<'R whid1 Charks V. gave to Cortes, :~nd ia at prcfcn t part uf the cOmes of the d11ke of Montclcon, a a marquis of the valley ot U:txacu. Vor.. II. X nahuachefe |