CHAPTER VIII

DISCONTENT OF THE TROOPS--INSURRECTION IN THE CAPITAL--RETURN OF CORTÉS--GENERAL SIGNS OF HOSPITALITY--MASSACRE BY ALVARADO--RISING OF THE AZTECS

Discontent of the Troops of Narvaez 74

Policy of Cortés 75

He displeases his Veterans 76

He divides his Forces 77

News of an Insurrection in the Capital 78

Cortés prepares to return 79

Arrives at Tlascala 80

Beautiful Landscape 81

Disposition of the Natives 82

News from the Spaniards in Mexico 83

Cortés marches to the Capital 84

Signs of Alienation in the Aztecs 84

Spaniards re-enter the Capital 84

Cause of the Insurrection 85

Massacre by Alvarado 87

His Apology for the Deed 88

His probable Motives 90

Rising of the Aztecs 92

Assault the Garrison 92

Cortés reprimands his Officer 94

His Coldness to Montezuma 95

Cortés releases Montezuma’s Brother 96

He heads the Aztecs 97

The City in Arms 98

Notice of Oveido 98

His Life and Writings 100

Camargo’s History 102

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EXPULSION FROM MEXICO

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