CHAP. CC. Of the vast expenses to which the marquis Hernando Cortes put himself in fitting out the expeditions to the South Sea, and of their unfortunate termination 349
CHAP. CCI. Of the great festivities which took place in Mexico on account of the peace which was concluded between our emperor and the king of France; and of Cortes' second journey to Spain 355
CHAP. CCII. How the viceroy sends out a squadron of three vessels into the South Sea to the assistance of Francisco Vasquez Coronado, in the conquest of Cibola 357
CHAP. CCIII. Of a very extensive armament which was fitted out by Alvarado in the year 1537 ib.
CHAP. CCIV. What befel the marquis del Valle on his second visit to Spain 363
CHAP. CCV. Of the brave officers and soldiers who sailed from the island of Cuba with the fortunate and spirited captain Hernando Cortes, afterwards marquis del Valle 370
CHAP. CCVI. Of the stature and outward person of several brave officers and soldiers, and of their age when they first joined Cortes 383
CHAP. CCVII. Of the great merit which is due to us, the true Conquistadores 387
CHAP. CCVIII. Of the human sacrifices and abominations practised by the inhabitants of New Spain; how we abolished these, and introduced the holy Christian faith into the country 388
CHAP. CCIX. How we introduced the Christian religion among the Indians; of their conversion and baptism; and of the different trades we taught them 390
CHAP. CCX. Of other advantages which arose from our glorious conquests 393
CHAP. CCXI. The deliberations which took place at Valladolid in the year 1550, in the royal council of the Indies, respecting the distribution of Indians in perpetuity 398
CHAP. CCXII. Of various remarks which were made respecting my history, which the reader will be pleased to hear 401
CHAP. CCXIII. Of the planets and signs in the heavens which prognosticated our arrival in New Spain; how these were interpreted by the Mexicans; and of other matters 406
[Transcriber's Note: Footnote 54 was missing from the original text and has, therefore, been inserted at the appropriate place.
The following errata have been corrected in the text.]
P. 141, _l._ 32, _for_ then, _read_ there. 165, 19, _for_ Guanaca, _read_ Guaxaca. 199, 15, _for_ with, _read_ and. 345, 38, _omit_ to be. 354, 22, _for_ forgot, _read_ forget. 366, 6, _for_ enbonpoint, _read_ embonpoint.