Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico Year: 1528

Table of Contents

Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
The Spaniards Arrive in Tenochtitlan
Attitudes of the Spaniards and the Native Lords
The Spaniards Take Possession of the City
The Spaniards Reveal Their Greed
The Siezure of Motecuhzoma’s Treasures
The Massacre in the Main Temple During the Fiesta of Toxcatl
The Statue of Huitzilopochtli
The Beginning of the Fiesta
The Spaniards Attack the Celebrants

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Abstract

The Spaniards arrived in Xoloco, near the entrance to Tenochtitlan. That was the end of the march, for they had reached their goal. Motecuhzoma now arrayed himself in his finery, preparing to go out to meet them. The other great princes also adorned their persons, as did the nobles and their chieftains and knights. They all went out together to meet the strangers.

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