Chapter 6: The Spanish Invasion PDF

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Printed by: [email protected]. Printing is for personal, private use only. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted without publisher's prior permission. Violators will be prosecuted. CrlAPTER 6 TH !E SPANIISH INVASIION L et us try for a mom · nt to im,c1gine, the lat Ram6 glesia \'IJ'Ote,.itth astonishment of # the inhabitants of a small island cal]oo Guanahani one: morning when they behcld t.hrtt &h_ p s. out ther in th water, three i mens hulks. out of _hkh d evaaJ.... b : of Light complexion, thcir faaes cove ed with haii;. and thci.r bodies... coveroo with. a rics of diverse pattern and co]or. w l We: might surmise dtat. in i49 2, the nati¥eS of the Carib bean ran d Col mb~ and h: m n , b excttdin_gly trang beings. Th invaders w also sur- prised but even more disappointed, or they found :tt1e sign of the pnicious metals. valuable spi s.1 nd oth YA?alth th , had sough and no mdi,cation of the fa ul ,Asian kingdoms dtey had utidpated. Th native LDhabitants, whom they nonethcl ca:1 00 "Indiams, " were 1 swifdy ~~te:d o the st.a of others,~ ess,wonhy of respect. SPAINISHI 1!.EG CIES A D CARIBBEAN TIRIAU la fi VO}--aws to the #Na.v World (or the 1nd:ies") dlam.pened.even the: most optimistic spirits. Consequently, the Cruibbean islands. attracted rel.atit;tiy fewr sett.I. rs ,expeditions ,vere finan, in th I 1 ' n, m "th lh p dm dul , noted b witnesses. Cortes appointed 10,-."n coun ·1 en and other appropriate nmni.dpal ffi ials an r gn d h I a rsh r Tl offi i l f V r auz d n pmc d to J t him plain and jmticttJ ma) ilh u ori in military matters, pending royal ord oili contrary. Then on June 20, I 519, the co n il sent a petition to the panish ao kn wn rigin l p.mish d tt111 1r. u 1 from lh. t pi\ c, l }' r), re u hi n or the tmvn of 'eracruz nd n 'l tit.J es for Cortes. hey asked the king t the right lo grant · ncomi ·nd tn hi mpan , a w U to b Vt?! qu ~ ms ing pr 61 rom th expediti n he h d tri, d m tin an.. To gain the alty a odwiU of his men, Cones turned o tp them a.11 the s:uppli nd guipin ·nt, ,, h· ,. h J, h d put hi, ·n th u tl in J bl. In k ing with the gen m.ity o the oment, 1h men agl,'eed that, afte e ng' har o 20 p cent-th ,1umto-\ k uct d, lh ir apt in wou d rec, j on fi f th r maining poil. TH TO·T O IN ACS A N D A, MU TI Y SUPPR S ED hing on to the otonac city of paniards were enthusi ticaHy gr et d by n b -- ri ng fl :w r and mil Th ml, ,, who had ent regs- ts that h w too h a, to L a t: 10 me 11th m, on1plain I cyr nn an R \i n. d taU d escript'on ofTenochtidan n ce of the paniards with the victim ofuhe oppressors. g th i ton,.rnd t l