. Young folks' history of Mexico. when healighted his lords went before him and swept the groundover which he was to pass. After an interchange ofpresents, the king preferred his request, and Cortezanswered it as he had the others. If this is so, said the king on taking leave ; if youare determined to go on, we will see each other at court. And they did see each other at court, not many monthslater, when the Spaniard received the king as a prisoner,by the orders of Montezuma himself. Ixtlilxochitl Meets Cortez. 257 The army skirted the south-eastern shore of Lake Chalco,and at a town called Ay
. Young folks' history of Mexico. when healighted his lords went before him and swept the groundover which he was to pass. After an interchange ofpresents, the king preferred his request, and Cortezanswered it as he had the others. If this is so, said the king on taking leave ; if youare determined to go on, we will see each other at court. And they did see each other at court, not many monthslater, when the Spaniard received the king as a prisoner,by the orders of Montezuma himself. Ixtlilxochitl Meets Cortez. 257 The army skirted the south-eastern shore of Lake Chalco,and at a town called Ayocingo (at this day existing), wherewas a harbor for the canoes of the merchants, they entereda causeway that led to a small island. Here was a cityknown as Cuitlahiiac (to-day Tlahuac), which was thoughtby the Spaniards to be the most beautiful they had everseen. Another causeway led across the lake to the north,and over this the army marched to Iztapalapaii — to-day,called Ixtapalapa — where they saw palaces built of stone,. KOCHlMlLCo, |#VALLE\^ A mecameca •^ 5# ^\v/—? -?- ^TV with massive cedar beams, lovely gardens of flowers, andponds of clear water. Here also they saw those wonderful floating gardens for the first time, and were struck withastonishment at the many works of art and evidences oftaste and refinement. Here the rebellious Tezcocan prince, Ixtlilxochitl, witha portion of his army, met them and tendered his servicesto the Spanish crown, offering to join forces with Cortez if 258 Mexico. he would attack the Mexican king. He was quieted for awhile with a diplomatic answer, and went back to hismountain capital to nurse his wrath till the time arrivedfor action. Great crowds, that continually increased, now obstructedthe way ; curiosity alone moved them to inspect these stran-gers, for they were the first that had ever entered theirterritory. What a sight they must have been to those Indians, thesemailed men, with their glittering armor, flashing swords and
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