HIST 380 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hernando De Luque, Lake Texcoco, Axayacatl
18 Oct 2018
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Alvarado, while cort s was on the coast, decided to attack the town but lost badly and had to escape. Aztec warriors quickly attacked spaniards in their quarters in the axayacatl palace. They bring motecuhzoma out to tell people to stop attacking but it ends up with motecuhzoma being dead. Spaniards said the indigenous did it, but native people say. Spaniards killed him because the people weren"t calming. Spaniards had to flee, their bridge gets stuck, and the natives. Dead bodies filled the canal gaps in the water, with over. Finally, spaniards made it back to tlaxcala, the home of their ally forces. Cort s was able to rebuild his military and build up more allies in the area. They built brigantines on lake texcoco, using the wood and equipment saved from the fleet scuttled at veracruz. Fleet of small european warships that can be used in.
