The Despatches of Hernando Cortés

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LETTERS OR DESPATCHES HiERNANDO CORTES, TO THE EMPEROR CHARLES V. LETTER III. Dated at the City of Cuyoacan, (Mexico, ) May 15th, 1522. / Most High and Potent Prince: Most Catholic and Invincible Emperor, King and Lord: Alonzo De Mendoza, a native of Medellin, whom I despatched from this New Spain on the...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LETTERS OR DESPATCHES HiERNANDO CORTES, TO THE EMPEROR CHARLES V. LETTER III. Dated at the City of Cuyoacan, (Mexico, ) May 15th, 1522. / Most High and Potent Prince: Most Catholic and Invincible Emperor, King and Lord: Alonzo De Mendoza, a native of Medellin, whom I despatched from this New Spain on the fifth of March, in the past year 1521, was the bearer of the second relation that I addressed to your Majesty, containing an account of all that had transpired in this country; which I finished writing on the thirtieth of October, 1520, but on account of unfavorable weather, and the loss of three ships, by one of which I had intended to forward my relation to your Majesty, and by the others to send for aid to the island of Espanola, much delay arose on the part of Mendoza, as I have already more fully informed your Majesty. In the concluding part of that despatch I stated to your Majesty, that after we had been forcibly expelled from the city of TemixUtan, I had marched against tHe province of Tepeaca, one of itstributaries, that had JQinedinjJie rebellion against us; and that with the assistance of the Spaniards who had survived, and our Indian allies, I had succeeded in re- djacing it again into subjection to your Majesty. I also mentioned that on account of the treason of this people, and the great losses they had occasioned to the Spaniards, some of whom had perished by their hands, all which was still fresh in our minds, I had determined to return in a hostile manner against the great city, which had been the cause of all this trouble; and that for this purpose I should commence building thirteen brigantines, or small sailing vessels, in order with them to accomplish as much as possible to the injury of the city, if its inhabitants persevered in the...