Chap. CLIV. How Cortes offers terms of peace to Quauhtemoctzin 97 Chap. CLV. How Gonzalo de Sandoval marches against the provinces which had sent their troops to cooperate with Quauhtemoctzin 100 Chap. CLVI. How Quauhtemoctzin was taken prisoner 107 Chap. CLVII. How Cortes orders the aqueduct of Chapultepec to be restored; and of various other matters 116 Chap. CLVIII. How a certain Christobal de Tapia arrived in Vera Cruz, with the appointment of governor of New Spain 122 Chap. CLIX. How Cortes and the officers of the crown forward to Spain the wardrobe of Motecusuma, and the emperor's share of the booty; and what further happened 131 Chap. CLX. How Sandoval arrives in the town of Tustepec; what he did there; his march to the river Guacasualco, and what further happened 137 Chap. CLXI. How Alvarado marches to the province of Tutepec to build a town there; and how far he succeeded in subduing the country, and in founding a colony 145 Chap. CLXII. How Francisco de Garay arrives with an extensive armament in the river Panuco; how far he was successful; and of many other circumstances 148 Chap. CLXIII. How the licentiate Zuazo set sail for New Spain in a small vessel, accompanied by two monks of the order of Charity; and their remarkable adventures on this voyage 163 Chap. CLXIV. How Cortes despatched Alvarado to subdue the province of Guatimala, and to found a colony there 165 Chap. CLXV. How Cortes despatched an armament, under Christobal de Oli, to the Higueras and Honduras, to subject these provinces; and what further took place during this expedition 173 Chap. CLXVI. How we who were left behind in Guacasualco were constantly occupied in tranquillising the rebellious provinces; how Luis Marin, by command of Cortes, marches into Chiapa, to subject that province; myself and father Juan de las Varillas being particularly desired by Cortes to join him in this campaign 177 Chap. CLXVII. How our agents in Spain brought certain accusations against the bishop of Burgos, and what further happened 195 Chap. CLXVIII. How Narvaez, Christobal de Tapia, the pilot Umbria, and the soldier Cardenas bring heavy accusations against Cortes, at the instigation of the bishop of Burgos, and what judgment his majesty pronounced 198 Chap. CLXIX. Of Cortes' plans after he had obtained the appointment of governor of New Spain; the way in which he distributes the Indians; and of other matters 210 Chap. CLXX. How Cortes sends a present to his majesty; 80,000 pesos in gold and silver, besides a magnificent field-piece made of silver and gold, covered with various beautiful figures; also how he sends his father Martin Cortes above 5000 pesos 219 Chap. CLXXI. How twelve monks of the order of St. Francis, with the vicar-general and father-superior Martin de Valencia, arrive at Vera Cruz, and how they are received by Cortes 221 Chap. CLXXII. How Cortes sends his majesty 30,000 pesos worth of gold, with an account of the conversion of the Indians, the rebuilding of the city of Mexico, and of the expedition of Christobal de Oli to the Honduras; also how the vessel which conveyed this gold at the same time carried secret letters to Spain, written by the royal accountant Rodrigo de Albornoz, in which Cortes and the whole of the veteran Conquistadores were calumniated in the vilest manner 224 public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@32475@[email protected]#CHAPTER_CLXXIII" class="pginternal"