CHAPTER II

STORMING OF THE GREAT TEMPLE--SPIRIT OF THE AZTECS--DISTRESSES OF THE GARRISON--SHARP COMBATS IN THE CITY--DEATH OF MONTEZUMA

The Aztecs hold the Great Temple 127

It is stormed by the Spaniards 128

Spirited Resistance 129

Bloody Combat on the Area 130

Heroism of Cortés 131

Spaniards victorious 132

Conflagration of the Temple 133

Cortés invites a Parley 134

He addresses the Aztecs 135

Spirit of the Aztecs 135

The Spaniards dismayed 136

Distresses of the Garrison 137

Military Machine of Cortés 140

Impeded by the Canals 141

Sharp Combats in the City 142

Bold Bearing of Cortés 143

Apparition of St. James 145

Attempt to convert Montezuma 147

Its Failure 148

Last Hours of Montezuma 149

His Character 151

His Posterity 155

Effect of his Death on the Spaniards 156

Interment of Montezuma 157

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