Bernal Díaz, True History of the Conquest of New Spain: When Montezuma died, Cortés decided to inform the chiefs who were attacking (chapter 127)…
When Montezuma died, Cortés decided to inform the chiefs who were attacking (chapter 127).
Location: Maudslay vol.2 ch.CXXVI–CXXVIII
Montezuma died three days later after being struck on the head by stones thrown by his own subjects.
one of his own subjects struck him on the head with a stone, with such force that within three days he died.
Location: Letter 2, MacNutt vol.1 OCR line 12404
In 1520, while in Spanish hands, Moctezuma is killed by stones thrown by his own people (Tezozomoc notes that Cortés had him tell the people from the tower to lay down arms; they called him a coward, he was showered with arrows and stones, and died three days later)
de una pedrada que le dieron sus mismos vasallos
Location: t.2 Lib.8 cap.7 (p.285); 병기 t.2 Tezozomoc 인용 cap.6 (p.XXXVII-XXXVIII)
Place: Mexico City (Tenochtitlan)
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