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himself being wounded in the leg 81

CHAP. CLIII. The new plan of operation which we adopt in the siege,
and how all our allies return to their several homes 91

CHAP. CLIV. How Cortes offers terms of peace to Quauhtemoctzin 97

CHAP. CLV. How Gonzalo de Sandoval marches against the provinces
which had sent their troops to cooperate with Quauhtemoctzin 100

CHAP. CLVI. How Quauhtemoctzin was taken prisoner 107

CHAP. CLVII. How Cortes orders the aqueduct of Chapultepec to be
restored; and of various other matters 116

CHAP. CLVIII. How a certain Christobal de Tapia arrived in Vera
Cruz, with the appointment of governor of New Spain 122

CHAP. CLIX. How Cortes and the officers of the crown forward to
Spain the wardrobe of Motecusuma, and the emperor's share of the
booty; and what further happened 131

CHAP. CLX. How Sandoval arrives in the town of Tustepec; what he
did there; his march to the river Guacasualco, and what further
happened 137

CHAP. CLXI. How Alvarado marches to the province of Tutepec to build
a town there; and how far he succeeded in subduing the country, and
in founding a colony 145

CHAP. CLXII. How Francisco de Garay arrives with an extensive
armament in the river Panuco; how far he was successful; and of many
other circumstances 148

CHAP. CLXIII. How the licentiate Zuazo set sail for New Spain in a
small vessel, accompanied by two monks of the order of Charity; and
their remarkable adventures on this voyage 163

CHAP. CLXIV. How Cortes despatched Alvarado to subdue the province
of Guatimala, and to found a colony there 165

CHAP. CLXV. How Cortes despatched an armament, under Christobal de
Oli, to the Higueras and Honduras, to subject these provinces; and
what further took place during this expedition 173

CHAP. CLXVI. How we who were left behind in Guacasualco were
constantly occupied in tranquillising the rebellious provinces; how
Luis Marin, by command of Cortes, marches into Chia