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Updated: June 11, 2025
For my part I am not sufficient of a Christian to pretend that I was sorry to see him die in that same fashion by which he had caused the death of so many better men. When it was done Guatemoc turned to me and said, 'So perish all your enemies, my friend Teule.
The last parcel to be lowered was a sack of jewels that burst open as it came, and descended upon us in a glittering rain of gems. As it chanced, a great necklace of emeralds of surpassing size and beauty fell over my head and hung upon my shoulders. 'Keep it, brother, laughed Guatemoc, 'in memory of this night, and nothing loth, I hid the bauble in my breast.
At these words Otomie blushed even more, and a murmur went round among the guests, while Guatemoc first looked angry and then laughed. But the nobles, my attendants, bowed, and their spokesman answered: 'The words of Tezcat shall be obeyed. Let the seat of Otomie, the royal princess, the favoured of Tezcat, be placed by the side of the god.
Now the Spaniards came in again and removed Guatemoc and the cacique of Tacuba, carrying them in their arms, for they could not walk, and indeed the cacique was in a swoon. 'Farewell, Teule, said Guatemoc as he passed me; 'you are indeed a true son of Quetzal and a gallant man. May the gods reward you in times to come for all that you have suffered for me and mine, since I cannot.
Many indeed surrendered, for the nations of Anahuac being of various blood were but as a bundle of reeds and not as a tree. Thus when the power of Spain cut the band of empire that bound them together, they fell this way and that, having no unity. So it came about that as the power of Guatemoc weakened that of Cortes increased, for he garnered these loosened reeds into his basket.
At length all had spoken, and Cuitlahua said, looking towards me: 'We have a new counsellor among us, who is skilled in the warfare and customs of the white men, who till an hour ago was himself a white man. Has he no word of comfort for us? 'Speak, my brother? said Guatemoc. Then I spoke. 'Most noble Cuitlahua, and you lords and princes.
The dead were heaped in the houses like bees stifled in a hive, and in the streets they lay so thick that we walked upon them. The council was summoned fierce men, haggard with hunger and with war, and they considered the offer of Cortes. 'What is your word, Guatemoc? said their spokesman at last. 'Am I Montezuma, that you ask me?
As I came, a zaphilote alighted on the head of the body that hung nearest to me, and its weight, or the wafting of the fowl's wing, caused the dead man to turn round so that he came face to face with me. I looked, started back, then looked again and sank to the earth groaning. For here was he whom I had come to seek and save, my friend, my brother, Guatemoc the last emperor of Anahuac.
Then a time may still come when I shall rule again in Anahuac, and you shall sit at my side. I heard and my heart was stirred, for then, as to this hour, I loved Guatemoc as a brother. 'Go back, I said, 'and find means to tell Guatemoc that if I can save him I will, though I have small hopes that way. Still, let him look for me in the forests of Yucatan.
For Guatemoc prayed him again and yet again to put away his fears and declare open war upon the Teules before it was too late; to cease from making gifts and sending embassies, to gather his countless armies and smite the foe in the mountain passes. But Montezuma would answer, 'To what end, nephew? How can I struggle against these men when the gods themselves have declared for them?
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