Show the conquest Conque of mexico cortez had been one of the most able lieutenants in t alic lie expedition 1 ol of dai ui eio go ft velasquez ag against cuba in ili 1511 in ili 1518 therefore A vlas butz who lind been a t gov V bornor of tile island liln nil in trusted to him an expedition expedit iou against a ainest nemico 0 no o sooner liml hall I 1 11 lie e com coin ini limion ision bicet bicci grunted r i nt e 1 1 u i e v e r than llian luez u i s lk e tl t to 0 re revoke v 0 k e i ii L fearing it that tile the claim claim all ol 01 the glory of of the enter enterprise pris el but bill cortez retained lii ills touncia nd ill de deblance ilcia flance of the gro glovernor vernor ilroy ably so great a task vaas IT IS never with so 0 o little thought given to its llasos pos wile great teat the entire acree with chich cortez cortex undertook the conquest of the then grent great and powerful power fid empire of consisted of less than nien men of whom thirteen only nero cro I 1 nu with but ten fi fiflis eld pieces and two or three thre smaller ej cannon urion jarly airl v in ili 1519 1 ilo tile reached the sli fing m up the river rive i r tabasco cortez captured the town of that name the indians there bein being much impressed by tho the prowess 0 ol 01 f the spaniards thence tile invaders went to the coast of san sail juan juita wail wag hy a deputation of ale mexican dean thiefs who brou brought lit him many gifts of gold old still and silver tile object of these was to indium tle invaders to 0 o leave the country but they only la flamed the cupidity of tile the spaniard and ninde made them more desirous of penetrating into inlo the interior was then emperor ruling 0 all mexico I exico nath neatly nearly abio ilo sway cortez de elated tits his intention of visiting tit alic e r in iliac his capital Monte sent to ailini rich pi presents eserts but forbade his coming coining to lie hie pity this opposition but wl bleed eed the determined of cortez founding fountin a settlement on oil the coast it 11 1 ll 11 lia called vera vcra cruz crux burning in his ships 0 9 that his inci illen could lio not t return anil lilt limit conquer or perish bith a force deduced to white men on foot and fifteen horse und and a few thousand indians who of disaffection toward moil had joined blui bini lic bet dolth on oil his daring attempt to connuck the capit capital rit of f the empire of mexico overcoming 0 the a 1 biame dinople who iio became his allies a lis slid and taking 0 on oil tile llie city of cholula Ch olida where here liy hy ilia orders 1 u attempt w was I 1 3 made to massacre liis his troops cor te on oil nov 8 1519 reached the city ot of mexico with his little liand hand still and nas received with 0 great liolia iona hy by tile alie ill pe beroll pura roll the sim I 1 I 1 i aids yere iverc te added is as thoc i le lc ants of thu sun still I 1 aho be ac conling to t current pr ophic wele to LOUIC irom from the east and subvert the lie aztec empire andthil and this tradition was worth many soldiers Boldi to cortez colicz Co but chile aln lc tic he vias haiat at the capital one of montc finnas generals attacked ticked A tile little C colony which lie in hall left behind at V era cruz and killed hilled several of their number returning to 1110 ho vi city y of mexico this goi cral mode made fit known olvil alic fact tha ithe alic ll onsted of the still were but wol atals and would have caused the prompt annihilation loll 1011 of tile the spaniards but for the 9 action of their leader coatez immediately inedia tely seized and conveyed lihn him to tilt llie sp S spanish I 1 I 1 is I 1 I 1 camp here ly by threats lie ivis aa forced to give up the llie offending offen offending din g general and three other adeas 1111 ind these cortez caused to lie be burned alive lac ill front of the palace soon after non mon te zunia who hid been put plit in trona front male made a formal cession of his empire to spain anti and paid over to cortez dubats ducats tit in gold ulie tile supreme daring of cortez cortex s action is aniaz amazing ng when we r u remember that tile city of mexico at ill the little lime contained a population estimated at meanwhile tit nt the of cortees au audacity lacity and success sent a force of 1000 1600 inen well provi provided eed with artillery arlit lery to saw him and bring him batic back a prisoner to cuba cordea Cor lct hearing K of the flauding lauding l of this army ou oil the icah CO chait left men in ill tho caal capital having wi with li unparalleled audacity recommended then bliem to tilt care of ns as a i asal of the king of spain lepain ind and taking seventy met men with liim vai joined I 1 by 1150 1 io eliom lie he had left at Clio Chol lilla tila anti and surprised and cap the force sent a Z him lilt and set ared their allegiance tile 01 ance but ut in ili ilia his absence the mexicans in the city had risen anil and oi eryou crea tile spaniards spaniard during 0 tile llie disturb ance is aho lie u lj as still held it prisoner on oil appearing on oil a terrace to address ili hi subjects was wounded with a so go that clial tic lie licit died in ili a few days cortez attempted to lo reenter re enter tile the city but wa MI kept ot out I 1 t b by V t alie 11 e e enraged it people the spaniards escaped U sis as best they could wani many of their number being killed but after recruiting anti and reorganizing its his troops and adding to them abarge a 0 forve forre of Indi indians ins cortez subdued all 11 I 1 ilic neighboring provinces anti and the then 11 besieged mexico the country made arld a gallant defense for butir inon lis ui out aug 13 after acarl five dittli of cf its population hall perished by famine the buildings hall had been shattered by the fire fic of the artillery and 1 11 d the city ity is tiei neuit a split appearing 11 till pan larda aard it like owe llly huge I 1 t ard wt tin tilt orest dlin terrry anti and tile the i attene d about arte ni its now flow declared ilc clari d go governor arnor find lid aptakin Gen cirul of the 1 many officers suffered a like fate the mexicans several ever attempts at revolt but these were all crushed by the superior power of european a arm r ms Et exchange change |