. . ople of some of thedisrifiected provinces, who wished to throw off the Mexi-can yoke. On the approach of the Spaniards to the 279. What made the Spaniards eager to explore and con-quer the new countries 1 What is said of their treatment ofthe natives ] What is said of Fernando Cortez, and how werehis men armed? 280. By what means v/as Cortez enabled to advance intoMexico! How did Montezuma receive him] What didCortez do to Montezuma 1 192 MODERN HISTORY. capital, the terror of their name prepared the way foran easy conquest. Moji
. . ople of some of thedisrifiected provinces, who wished to throw off the Mexi-can yoke. On the approach of the Spaniards to the 279. What made the Spaniards eager to explore and con-quer the new countries 1 What is said of their treatment ofthe natives ] What is said of Fernando Cortez, and how werehis men armed? 280. By what means v/as Cortez enabled to advance intoMexico! How did Montezuma receive him] What didCortez do to Montezuma 1 192 MODERN HISTORY. capital, the terror of their name prepared the way foran easy conquest. Mojitezuma, the Mexican monarch,received the Spaniards with great hospitality, and heregarded them with the reverence due to superior be-ings. Cortez was very desirous of having Montezumaunder his power : a pretext for this purpose soon tookplace. Some difficulty between his soldiers and thenatives having taken place, Cortez, with fifty of hismen, marched to the palace of Montezuma, where, seiz-ing him, he put him in irons, and carried him oftprisoner to his LiiiiJiiiiiiilwIl Fall of Montezuma. 281. Death of Montezuma. The seizure of the em*peror by the Spaniards, aroused the Mexicans to armsSuch was the fury of their attacks, that the situation ofCortez became desperate : he entrusted Montezuma,who was still a prisoner in his camp, to speak to hissubjects, in order to make them desist from their consented, and accordingly, addressed thepeople from a terrace, and reque>ted them to cease from 281. What effect did the seizure of Montezuma have uponhis subjects \ V hat did Cortez entreat of Montezunna 1 Re-late the iQ&DD!S f his death, and the flight of the Spaniards MODERN HISTORY. 193 hostilities, in order that the Spaniards might leare thecity. While he was speaking, his people ceased theirattacks ; but on the conclusion of his speech, a showerof stones and arrows fell about the place where hestood, some of which struck him, and caused his the d
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