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Updated: June 21, 2025
Along the road towards Mexico came long files of Indians, dressed in the national white cotton shirts and short drawers and sandals, made like Montezuma's, though not with plates of gold on the soles, such as that monarch's sandals had.
'One has been found, O Tezcat, who has borne other titles than this you give her. Now I looked at her questioningly, and she spoke again in a low voice. 'I, Otomie, princess of the Otomie, Montezuma's daughter, am the fourth and the first. 'You! I said, sinking back upon my cushions. 'Yes, I. Listen: I was chosen by the priests as the most lovely in the land, however unworthily.
No one can forget the magnificence of Montezuma's household as represented by the chroniclers, and as magnified by time and distance. Let us consider for a moment the geographical situation of this great southland, which is separated from us only by a comparatively insignificant stream of water.
You are Montezuma's daughter, could you not have brought it about during all these months that he issued his royal mandate, commanding that I should be spared? 'Do you, then, take me for so poor a friend, Teule? she answered hotly. 'Know that for all these months, by day and by night, I have worked and striven to find a means to rescue you.
'Talk not so, I answered heavily, for even at that moment the memory of Lily came into my mind. 'You give your life for me and I love you for it. 'My life is nothing and your love is much, she answered smiling. 'Ah! Teule, what magic have you that you can bring me, Montezuma's daughter, to the altar of the gods and of my own free will?
This young prince had married one of Montezuma's daughters. He was handsome and valiant, and so terrible that his followers trembled in his presence.
Presently two court officials entered and, placing a mantle of coarse cotton over Roger, signed to him to take off his sandals. Cacama had already informed him that even the highest nobles of the land, with the exception of those of royal blood, were obliged to enter Montezuma's presence in this attire, as emblematic of their humility.
Bowing to what seemed the inevitable, he admitted them to the capital, gave them a royal palace for their quarters, and entertained them well. After a week, however, the Spaniards began to be doubtful of the security of their position, and to strengthen it Cortes conceived and carried out the daring plan of gaining possession of Montezuma's person.
I have many friends among the highest at Montezuma's court, and will also pray these to use their influence. "Should I fail, all will not be lost. It is likely that, if they decide upon sacrificing you, Roger, they will make you the victim to the god Tezcatlepoca, 'the soul of the world. For him is always chosen the captive most distinguished for his appearance.
It is here you find Montezuma's Castle and Montezuma's Well, the former, a colossal community house built on a precipice-face and reached only by ladders; the latter, a huge prehistoric reservoir of unknown soundings; both in almost as perfect repair as if abandoned yesterday, though both antedate all records and traditions so completely that even when white men came in 1540 the Spaniards had no remotest gleaning of their prehistoric occupants.
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