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The Fiction about the numerous Cities in and about the Lake. It may be well here to repeat that, strictly speaking, there are two valleys of Mexico the upper northern valley, and the valley of the city of Mexico; the first extends in an oval form to the north of the hills of Tepeyaca, some sixty miles, and communicates with the plains of Otumba and Apam.
And of all these records of desperate daring and wonderful success, the most extraordinary is the tale of the Noche Triste, the terrible night-retreat of the Spaniards from the Aztec capital. No one can read this story, and that of the remarkable victory of Otumba which followed it, without feeling that Cortez and his men were warriors worthy of the most warlike age.
Ferdinand Cortès His character His appointment Preparations for the expedition, and attempts of Velasquez to stop it Landing at Vera-Cruz Mexico and the Emperor Montezuma The republic of Tlascala March upon Mexico The Emperor is made prisoner Narvaez defeated The Noche Triste Battle of Otumba The second siege and taking of Mexico Expedition to Honduras Voyage to Spain Expeditions on the Pacific Ocean Second Voyage of Cortès to Spain His death.
This, and the horrible battle of Otumba, which Cortéz fought a little way east of this spot, are memorable events in the history of Mexico more memorable than they deserve to have been. As we rode along the eastern rim of the valley, the sun was shining brightly on the western hill that inclosed it. The opening made by the canal of Huehuetoca was plain in sight.
When I turned the head of the lake, I was close upon the track which Cortéz and his retreating band followed into the plains of Otumba. Poor wretches! what a time they must have had of it in this disconsolate retreat wounded, jaded, like tigers bereft of their prey! They mourned for their companions slain, but most of all for the booty they had lost.
An Adventure with Robbers doubtful. Reasons for revisiting Mexico. The Battle at the Mountain of Crosses. A peculiar Variety of the Cactus. Three Men gibbeted for robbing a Bishop. -A Court upon Horseback. The retreat of Cortéz to Otumba. A venerable Cypress Grove. Unexpectedly comfortable Quarters. An English Dinner at Tezcuco. Pleasures unknown to the Kings of Tezcuco. Relics of Tezcuco.
Of the remarkable career of Cortez we have given the most striking incident, the story of the thrilling Noche triste and the victory of Otumba. A series of interesting tales might have been told of the siege that followed, but we prefer to leave that period of mediæval cruelty and injustice and come down to the events of a more civilized age.
John's Day, 1520; our flight from the city was on the 10th day of the month of July following, and we fought the memorable battle of Otumba on the 14th day of this same month of July. And now I would draw attention to the number of men who were killed at Mexico during the passage of the causeways and bridges, in the battle of Otumba, and in the other encounters upon the route.
In some respects in spite of the lack of the sagacity and farsightedness of Cuitlahua, he was a better man for the problem, for he at once mustered his forces and launched them upon Cortes and the Tlascalans in the valley of Otumba.
Cortés was greatly disappointed at this disastrous end of an expedition which had begun so well, but after all the fate of Iztapalapan produced a good effect, and many more towns sent to tender their allegiance, amongst others Otumba and Chalco, which was a place of great importance.
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