Today's installment concludes Cortez Captures the Aztec Capital,our selection from History of the Conquest of Mexico by William H. Prescott
“Let No Harm Come to My Wife and Followers.”
Cortés led his warlike array for the last time across the black and blasted environs which lay around the Indian capital.Continuing Cortes Captures
The First Assault on the Doomed City
As the Spaniards advanced, the Mexicans set up a fierce war-cry, and sent off clouds of arrows with their accustomed spirit, while the women and boys
Cortes Captures the Aztec Capital
This series has four easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Amid the Ruins.IntroductionAs we pick up the story, Montezuma, the