in a
place which we termed the Moorish town 15

CHAP. CXLI. How Cortes marches against the town of Xaltocan, which
lay in the midst of the lake, about twenty-four miles from Mexico,
and from thence proceeds to other townships 18

CHAP. CXLII. How the captain Sandoval marches to Chalco and
Tlalmanalco, and what he did there 26

CHAP. CXLIII. How we marked our slaves at Tezcuco with a red-hot
iron, and received intelligence that a vessel had run into Vera
Cruz 31

CHAP. CXLIV. How Cortes made a hostile excursion to all the cities
and larger townships which lay round about the lake, and what
happened on that occasion 34

CHAP. CXLV. The terrible thirst we suffered on our further march;
our dangerous position at Xochimilco, and the many battles we fought
there with the Mexicans, until our return to Tezcuco 42

CHAP. CXLVI. How we discover, on our return to Tezcuco, that a
conspiracy had been set on foot by the men of Narvaez's troops to
murder Cortes, and all who were of his party; of the author of this
conspiracy; his punishment; and of other matters 53

CHAP. CXLVII. How Cortes issues orders to the inhabitants of all the
townships in the neighbourhood of Tezcuco which were allied with us,
to furnish us with arrows and copper points for the same, and what
further took place at our head-quarters 55

CHAP. CXLVIII. How Cortes reviews the whole of his troops at
Tezcuco; and of his further dispositions for conducting the siege of
Mexico 57

CHAP. CXLIX. The manner in which Cortes selects the men who were to
row the brigantines; of the commanders who were appointed to each;
and of other matters 58

CHAP. CL. Of Cortes' further dispositions for the siege 60

CHAP. CLI. How Cortes assigns particular stations to the twelve
brigantines, the thirteenth being considered unfit for service 68

CHAP. CLII. How the Mexicans defeated Cortes, and took sixty-two of
his men prisoners, who were sacrificed to their idols; our gene