Wanderings in Mexico; the spirited chronicle of adventure in Mexican highways and byways . onsulted and readily acceded. The troopswere called out, there was a grand parade with martialsalutes and music, and Otila was received into the Chris-tian church with the new name Estefania, and sealed toVelasquez de Leon as his lawful wife. Now comes the tragedy. On the Noche Triste, duringthat awful fight on the causeway of Tacuba, Cuauhtemoc,the betrayed lover, killed Velasquez de Leon with hisown hand. Governor Cahuantzi spoke fluently of the ancientlanguage of Tlaxcala, which was the Mexicana. At a
Wanderings in Mexico; the spirited chronicle of adventure in Mexican highways and byways . onsulted and readily acceded. The troopswere called out, there was a grand parade with martialsalutes and music, and Otila was received into the Chris-tian church with the new name Estefania, and sealed toVelasquez de Leon as his lawful wife. Now comes the tragedy. On the Noche Triste, duringthat awful fight on the causeway of Tacuba, Cuauhtemoc,the betrayed lover, killed Velasquez de Leon with hisown hand. Governor Cahuantzi spoke fluently of the ancientlanguage of Tlaxcala, which was the Mexicana. At arecent celebration of the anniversary of Cuauhtemoc, hedelivered an address in the Mexican tongue. We had avery interesting half hour, and then bade him good-byreluctantly. We had dinner at the restaurant under the portaleswith a small, active boy for waiter. Dinner over, we setout on a pilgrimage to el Santuario, whose towers wesaw in approaching the town, and which stands on thehill above it. It is a beautiful church, snow white, withextremely graceful towers and ornate facade. I was. Ixtacalco
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