HISTORY

OF THE

CONQUEST OF MEXICO.

OF

THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO,

WITH A PRELIMINARY VIEW OF

THE ANCIENT MEXICAN CIVILISATION,

AND THE LIFE OF THE CONQUEROR,

HERNANDO CORTES.

BY WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT,

AUTHOR OF "THE HISTORY OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA."

"Victrices aquilas alium laturus in orbem."

LUCAN, Pharsalia, lib. v., v. 238.

FIFTH EDITION.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

LONDON:

RICHARD BENTLEY,

Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.

1850.

CONTENTS.

BOOK VI.

SIEGE AND SURRENDER OF MEXICO.

CHAPTER I.

ARRANGEMENTS AT TEZCUCO.-SACK OF IZTA PALAPAN.-ADVANTAGES OF

THE SPANIARDS.-WISE POLICY OF CORTÉS.-TRANSPORTATION OF