Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. The History of Chimalpahin's "Conquista" Manuscript -- II. Reclaiming the Conquest: An Assessment of Chimalpahin's Modifications to La conquista de México -- III. Francisco López de Gómara and La conquista de México -- The Conquest of Mexico -- 1. The Birth of Hernando Cortés -- 2. Cortés's Age When He Sailed to the Indies -- 3. Hernando Cortés's Stay in Santo Domingo -- 4. Some Things that Happened to Cortés in Cuba -- 5. The Discovery of New Spain, and Other Things -- 6. Juan de Grijalva's Barter from the Islands of Yucatanand San Juan de Ulúa -- 7. The Conquest of Mexico, and Cortés's Preparations to Arm the Fleet -- 8. The Men and Ships that Cortés Took for the Conquest -- 9. Cortés Speaks to His Troops with Great Discretion as a Good Captain -- 10. Cortés's Entry into Acuzamil -- 11. News from the People of Cozumel About the Spanish Interpreter Gerónimo de Aguilar -- 12. Gerónimo de Aguilar Comes to Hernando Cortés -- 13. Cortés Orders the Destruction of the Cozumel Idols -- 14. How the Island Was Named Cozumel Santa Cruz -- 15. The People of Cozumel's Religion and Temples, or Cues -- 16. In Which Is Told the Story of the Shark, and Other Marvels -- 17. The Tides Rise Greatly at Campeche, but Not Nearby -- 18. The Battle and Capture of Potonchan -- 19. Which Narrates the Battle with the Indians of Potonchan -- 20. Of the Demands and Replies Between Cortés and the People of Potonchan -- 21. The Battle of Cintla, or Tzintla, that Cortés and His Men Fought with the Indians of Cintla -- 22. How the Cacique of Tabasco Befriended the Christians -- 23. Questions that Cortés Asked the Cacique of Tabasco -- 24. How the Indians of Potonchan Destroyed Their Idols and Worshiped the Cross -- 25. On the Río Alvarado, Which the Indians Called Papaloapan.

26. The Warm Reception Given Cortés in San Juan de Ulúa -- 27. How Cortés Spoke with Teudilli, a Servant ofKing Moteuczoma -- 28. The Gifts and Response that Moteuczoma Sent to Cortés -- 29. How Cortés Learned that There Were Factions Among the Natives in Those Lands -- 30. How Cortés Explored the Land with Four Hundred Companions -- 31. How Cortés Resigned His Command -- 32. How the Soldiers Made Cortés Captain and Alcalde Mayor -- 33. The Reception Given Cortés in Cempoala -- 34. What the Lord of Cempoala Said to Cortés -- 35. What Occurred or Happened to Cortés at the Port of Quiahuahuiztlan, and Other Remarkable Events -- 36. The Messages that Cortés Sent to King Moteuczoma -- 37. The Rebellion and Alliance Against Moteuczoma Plotted by Cortés -- 38. The Founding of Villa Rica de la Veracruz -- 39. How Cortés Took Tizapancinco by Force, and Other Occurrences -- 40. The Gift that Cortés Sent to Emperor Carlos V -- 41. The Letters from the Cabildo and the Army to the EmperorRegarding Cortés's Appointment as Governor -- 42. The Mutiny Against Cortés, and the Punishment that He Inflicted -- 43. How Cortés, Using Great Cunning, Scuttled His Ships -- 44. The Indians of Tlaxcala [sic] Cast Down Their Idols Because of Cortés's Admonitions -- 45. Olimtletl, Lord of Zaclotan, Extols the Might and Greatness of Moteuczoma -- 46. Cortés's First Clash with the Tlaxcalteca -- 47. How One Hundred and Forty Thousand Gathered Against Cortés -- 48. The Great Threats Made by the Tlaxcalteca Against Our Spaniards -- 49. How Cortés Cut Off the Hands of Fifty Spies -- 50. Moteuczoma's Embassy to Cortés -- 51. How Cortés Captured Zimpancinco, a Very Large City Subject to Tlaxcala -- 52. On the Wish by Some Spaniards to Abandon the Budding War -- 53. Cortés's Oration to His Soldiers. On the Address Captain Hernando Cortés Gave to All His Soldiers.

54. How Captain Xicotencatl Came as Ambassador of Tlaxcala to Cortés's Camp -- 55. The Reception and Service Given Our Spaniards in the Great City of Tlaxcala -- 56. An Account About Tlaxcala, Its Lifeways, and the Governance of the Republic -- 57. The Tlaxcalteca's Response to Captain Cortés on Abandoning Their Idols -- 58. On the Great Ancient Enmity that Existed Between the Mexica and the Tlaxcalteca -- 59. The Solemn Reception Given to the Spaniards at Great Cholola -- 60. How the Chololteca Attempted to Betray and Murder the Spaniards -- 61. How Cortés Punished the Chololteca for Their Treason of the Spaniards and Their Friends -- 62. On the Greatness of the City and Sanctuary of Cholola, and the Rites Practiced There -- 63. The Mountain Called Popocatepec -- 64. The Council Held by Moteuczoma Before Allowing Cortés to Go to Mexico -- 65. On What Occurred to Cortés Between Cholola and Mexico -- 66. On the Admirable Reception Given Cortés by King Moteuczoma -- 67. How King Moteuczoma Spoke to the Spaniards, Welcoming Them -- 68. On the Cleanliness and Majesty of King Moteuczoma's Physical Appearance -- 69. On the Foot Jugglers -- 70. On the Ball Game -- 71. The Dances of Mexico -- 72. The Many Women that King Moteuczoma Had in the Palace -- 73. The House of Birds Kept for Their Feathers -- 74. The House of Birds for the Hunt -- 75. The Armories -- 76. Moteuczoma's Gardens -- 77. Moteuczoma's Court and Guard -- 78. Everyone Pays Tribute to King Moteuczoma -- 79. On Mexico Tenochtitlan -- 80. The Marketplaces of Mexico -- 81. The Temple of Mexico -- 82. The Idols of Mexico -- 83. The Skull Rack that the Mexica Had as a Reminder of Death -- 84. Cortés Takes Moteuczoma Prisoner -- 85. Moteuczoma's Hunt -- 86. How Cortés Destroyed the Idols of Mexico -- 87. Cortés's Speech to the People of Mexico About the Idols.

88. The Burning of Qualpopoca and Other Noblemen -- 89. The Reason Qualpopoca Was Burned -- 90. How Cortés Shackled Moteuczoma -- 91. Cortés Orders a Search for Gold in Many Places -- 92. The Imprisonment of King Cacamatzin of Tetzcoco -- 93. Moteuczoma's Oration to His Noblemen, Offering Himself to the King of Castile -- 94. The Gold and Jewels Moteuczoma Gave Cortés -- 95. How Moteuczoma Begged Cortés to Leave Mexico -- 96. How King Moteuczoma Sent for Captain Cortés to Drive Him from the Land -- 97. Cortés and His Men Fear Being Sacrificed -- 98. How Diego Velázquez Sent Pánfilo de Narváez with Many People to Attack Cortés -- 99. What Cortés Wrote to Narváez -- 100. What Pánfilo de Narváez Told the Indians and Cortés -- 101. What Cortés Told His Men -- 102. Cortés Pleads with Moteuczoma -- 103. The Imprisonment of Pánfilo de Narváez -- 104. The Death Toll from Smallpox -- 105. The Mexica Rebel Against the Spaniards -- 106. The Reasons for the Rebellion -- 107. The Mexica Threaten the Spaniards -- 108. The Dire Straits in Which the Mexica Placed Our People -- 109. The Death of Moteuczoma -- 110. The Fighting Between Them -- 111. The Mexica Refuse the Truces Proposed by Cortés -- 112. How Cortés Fled Mexico -- 113. The Battle at Otumba -- 114. The Welcome Given the Spaniards in Tlaxcala -- 115. What the Soldiers Petitioned Cortés -- 116. Oration in Response to the Official Petition -- 117. The War at Tepeaca -- 118. How the People of Huacachola Submitted to Cortés After Killing the Colhuaque -- 119. The Capture of Itzocan -- 120. The Great Authority Cortés Held over the Indians -- 121. The Brigantines Cortés Built, and the Spaniards He Assembled to Fight Mexico -- 122. On Captain Cortés's Pronouncement to His Men -- 123. Cortés Addresses the Tlaxcalteca -- 124. How Cortés Took Tetzcoco -- 125. The Battle of Iztacpalapan.

126. The Spaniards Sacrificed at Tetzcoco -- 127. How the Brigantines Were Brought to Tetzcoco by the Tlaxcalteca -- 128. On Cortés's First View of Mexico in the Company of Friends and Three Hundred Spaniards -- 129. An Account of the War Cortés Waged on the Province of Yacapichtlan -- 130. The Dangers to Our People on Taking Two Peaks, and What Happened Next -- 131. On Cortés's Battle to Conquer Xochimilco and Its Towns -- 132. On the Canal Cortés Built from Tetzcoco to the Lake to Bring the Brigantines to the Water, and Other Things -- 133. Cortés's Army at the Siege of Mexico -- 134. The Battle and Victory of the Brigantines over the Acales -- 135. How Cortés Lay Siege to Mexico -- 136. The First Skirmish in Mexico -- 137. The General Damage and Burning of Houses -- 138. On the Diligence of Quauhtemoc and Cortés -- 139. How Cortés Had Two Hundred Thousand Men Surround Mexico -- 140. What Pedro de Alvarado Did in Order to Advance -- 141. The Mexica's Festivities and Sacrifices over a Victory -- 142. The Conquest of Malinalco, Matlaltzinco, and Other Towns -- 143. On Cortés's Determination to Lay Waste to Mexico -- 144. The Hunger and Ailments that the Mexica Courageously Endured -- 145. The Capture of Quauhtemoc -- 146. On the Capture of Mexico -- 147. Signs and Portents of the Destruction of Mexico -- 148. How Quauhtemoc and Other Lords Were Tortured in Order to Reveal the Treasure at Coyoacan -- 149. The Royal Fifth and Service from the Spoils of Mexico -- 150. How Cazoncin, King of Michoacan, Surrendered to Cortés -- 151. The Conquest of Tochtepec and Coatzacoalco by Gonzalo de Sandoval -- 152. The Conquest of Tutepec -- 153. The War at Coliman -- 154. About Cristóbal de Tapia, Who Went to Mexico as Governor -- 155. The War at Pánuco -- 156. How Francisco de Garay Went to Pánuco with a Large Fleet.

157. The Death of Adelantado Francisco de Garay.