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Spain and the Conquest of Mexico

 

The primary source by Diaz tells us that Cortes told the Indian about their holy religion and how it was against their religion for humans to eat one another. He was accusing the Amerindians of being cannibals. Cortes says, "and how we were vassals of our Lord and King who had sent us to these parts to put an end to human sacrifices, and the eating of human flesh, and the other evils which we usually repeated in most of the towns we passed through." (pg. 104) It is funny to hear Cortes say that he was sent by his Lord and King to end cannibalism. Earlier Diaz did mention that Cortes went to the New World for gold, silver, and jewels, but he could not stand with Cortes's lies. According to Fray Bernardino De Sahagun, Moteuccoma said to Cortes, "Be doubly welcomed, enter the land, go to enjoy your palace; rest your body. May our lords be arrived in the land." (pg. 132) Bernal Diaz also described similar events. Moteczoma gave a speech on how"his ancestors in years long past had spoken, saying that men would come from where the sun rose to rule over those lands, and that we must be those men, as we had fought the Tlaxcalans; for they had brought him pictures of the battles true to life." (pg. 137) Diego Duran wrote a totally different thing. He mentioned that Moteczoma was afraid of the people who would be coming to his land. He feared that they would come and never go back home. Bernal Diaz wrote that Moteczoma was waiting for them so he can hand over Mexico to them. Diaz even goes as far as to say that their captain was making a mockery of Montezuma and his stupidity. "these idols of yours are not gods, but evil things that are called devils." (pg. 152) Apparently, Moteczoma still did not believe it and went on to praise them. "Senior Malinche,I would not have shown you my gods, we consider them to be very good, for they give us health and rains and good seed times and season and as many victories as we desire, and we are obliged to worship them and make sacrifices, and I pray you not to say another word to their dishonor.


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