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Show • 160 BOOK X. , W F SecT. xvr. Pun illunc n t of Xi occncatl. HISTORY oF ME X I C 0. . , . r t [lldiers difl:ributcd mto three and one hun dt.e ei an d fixty-eJgh.t lOO . ho twen,t y thouGm d Tl·,\ lre.a 1·a ns d :1anv captams, Wit d companies un er as n . - Cbrifiophcr Olid was create camp-and two pieces of arttll~r~ ·. d fl.. . d for the city of Cojohuacan, I . ·f f the dlVIflOI1 CILII1C r ld' mafi:er, and c 11e o l dred .111d fixty-cight foot 10 1ers, and affigned thirty-three horfcs, one lun. s •of artillery and more than · s with two ptecc • ' under three other captam , G lc.:s de Sandoval he gave twenty- [: d u· s To on za twenty-five thou an a le . d [J t -three Spanifh infantry, under two four horfes, one hundred an d JXhY 11' ~ of halco Iluexotzinco, ancl . h 10115 an t e a Je5 ' l captains Wlt two cant , 1 . ·t tllOuC.md in number, and orderet h more than t 'lll y- ' Cholula, w o were 1 . f lzt"p"l"pan an~ then to encamp d d f1: t1e Ctty 0 ' u " ·• ' ' • him fidt to go an c roy 1 ld lOfi efteetually hc.m in the Mext-f 1 1 thought 1e cou n . . himfel w 1ereve.r 1fei . tc of the remon i1.. ces made him by h1s captatns ll an • cans. · ortes, mk tlPeI romman d of the bJ·ig'a ntines ' where he thought and foldters, too 1 ·D: . He difiributed among the . n: 11 ld be mofl: necc .u Y · . hts :J.Hin:mce wou h d. d . . d twenty-five Snaniards and thtr- . b · t' es ' three un 'e ,\11 r thirteen ngan 111 1 b . r·,1ffi · to eac e a C"otain twdvc foldicrs, and 1 np-an J "r ' ' teen falconets, a tgnmg 1 1o . defi:ined to beo-in the fiese of . . . fo that the w 10 e :umy 0 . "' a5 man~ towets ~ l l f nine hundred and feventecn Spaniards, and mol·e the capt tal, conlli ec 0 1 d . .1. t ·oops (m). which number was foon [c t five thoufan auxt Jary I , .. t 1iln ~ven y- ,11 11 fi d to two hundred thoufand and more. after hm creaI fcd. ,t . as pw5 e w h1~ I hn d' . . ed to Tczcuco either remained lC 1 a I ep:ur J , All t e ot 1Ct ~~~ ed when it was ncceffitry, or returned to their own tphlearcee st oo fb ea beomdep, ays t h ey wet ·e~ no t too d.i.( bnt from the capital to be fi)eedil fummoned whenever it was rcqu!llte. I OliJ and Alvarado departed together with their troops from Tezcuco, t their refpcclive pofl:s aHigllcd them by the g neral. Among tol go} . oh ks of Tl·lfcalans who ac ompanied Aharado, were the tle wr er ran · • · 1 1 · -1 goXicotencatl and his cOLifin PilteuCtli. In a quarrc w liC ~ yhoa un ened· , the latt' er was wounded by a Sp anl·a r d ' w 1J o, I· cga' rdld:; f ~he orders publifhed by the general, or the rcfpeCt due to th<\t perf~~~ ~·us near occafioning the defertion of the Tlafcalans. This outrage dl!- • f: 6 tl at Bernal Diaz complains often that tl .!' allies g:~vc them more hidrnnce h (m) l~:ltsce.IY b'llt,,this is totally fnltc, for Bt:rnal Dia:r. on the contrary frequently fny s,Tt11Hlf1 t an at B•an ; 1 · fi h M ·'c s · " The u • th . ~ !lies were of great affillllncc, nnd fought courn f\'COlll y agam t ~ . ext ;n 'h 1 liko " cr~\rmt our friends," he fnys, in chup. , 51. " affiOcdltS grc<~tly < unng t tc w o c wnr, u \JmY<' people. '' gui1cd H I S T 0 R Y 0 F M E X I C 0. guficd them extremely, and made them exprefs their diiTatisfaCtion in an open manner. Ojeda, their leader, endeavoured to pacify them, and gave pennifiion to Pilteuetli to return to be cured in his native country. Xicotencatl, who, on account of his rank as well as his relation to Pil teuetli, was moil: fenfi ble of the in fult, finding no other W<ly to be revenged, fecretly abandoned the army, and, with fo:ne othet· Tlafcalans, took the road to Tlafcala. Alvarado gave immediate advice of this to Corte , who ordered Ojeda to overtake and [eize him ; and after being takea made him be publicly hanged in the city of Tezcuco (n), as Herrera and Torquemada f<1y, or in a place ncar to it as Bernal Diaz aftirms; it having been firft publifhed by a herald, that the caufc of his condemnation was his having deferted, and excited the TJafcalans againfl: the Spaniards. It is probable that Cortes would not have rifked the execution of fuch a fentencc, if he had not firll: obtained, as Herrera exprefsly affirms, the confent of the fenate of Tlafcala; which was not diflicu lt, confidering their feverity in punifhing crimes even when committed by the moft eminent perfons, and the particular hatred alfo which they bore tQ that prince, whofe pride and arrogance of charaCter they could not endure. o alarming a punifhment, which ought naturally to have in1htmcd the minds of the Tlafcalans againfl: the Spaniards, intimidated them to fuch a degree, as well as the other allies, that from that time forward they obferved more punCl:ually tpe articles of war, and kept under more fubordination to thofe fl:rangers who were their ]eaders; the Spaniards profiting even from their faults and mifconduet: but the Tlafcalans were not afraid to make many demonll:rations of their efi:eem and veneration for that prince, bewailing his death and difl:ributing his cloaths as precious relics among themfelves, and celebrating, as is probable, his funeral with ufual honours. The family and property of Xicotencatl W.kre adj Lldged to the king of Spa.in, and brought ('1) Cortes does not make mention of rllis event : it is p1·obnbl he had p:lrticular motives for conc~aling it. Solis thinks it impolliblc that Xicotcncatl wns punia1cd in Te7.cuco; "Bccaufe " C~~rtes would have rifkcd too much hy the c:x ccution of fo violent a fcntcnce under the eyes ·• of fo many Tlafcalans, who wnuld naturally have been fhocked and difgu(lcd at fo igno" minim1s ll puninunent being infliClcd on one of the firfi men of their nati()n." Dut Cortes rif'ked a g1·cat deal more, when he imprifonct! 1\I()ntc:T.uma in his own court, nnd under the eyes of a much fupcriormunbcrof Mcxic:ws, who mull have been equnlly fenfible of the outr.Jgc done to the Hrllman of their 111tioo: Vor .• II. y to 161 BOOK. X. ~ |