CHAPTER V

MONTEZUMA SWEARS ALLEGIANCE TO SPAIN--ROYAL TREASURES--THEIR DIVISION--CHRISTIAN WORSHIP IN THE TEOCALLI--DISCONTENT OF THE AZTECS

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Montezuma convenes his Nobles 3

Swears Allegiance to Spain 4

His Distress 4

Its Effect on the Spaniards 5

Imperial Treasures 7

Splendid Ornaments 7

The Royal Fifth 9

Amount of the Treasure 9

Division of Spoil 11

Murmurs of the Soldiery 11

Cortés calms the Storm 12

Progress in Conversion 14

Cortés demands the Teocalli 15

Christian Worship in the Sanctuary 17

National Attachment to Religion 18

Discontent of the Aztecs 19

Montezuma’s Warning 20

Reply of Cortés 20

Insecurity of the Castilian Quarters 22

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