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The Aztec Account of the Spanish Conquest of Mexico
 
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PostSubject: The City Falls   The City Falls Icon_minitimeTue Jun 30, 2009 12:26 pm

Cuauhtemoc said to the fortune tellers: "Please come forward. What do you see in your books? "

One of the priests replied: "My prince, hear the truth that we tell you. In only four days we shall have completed the period of eighty days. It may be the will of Huitzilopochtli that nothing further shall happen to us. Let us wait until these four days have passed."

But then the fighting broke out again. The captain of Huitznahuac- the same Huasteco who had brought in Xochitl -renewed the struggle. The enemy forced us to retreat to Amaxac. When they also attacked us there, the general flight began. The lake was full of people, and the roads leading to the mainland were all crowded.

Thus the people of Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco gave up the struggle and abandoned the city. We all gathered in Amaxac. We had no shields and no macanas, we had nothing to eat and no shelter. And it rained all night.
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