The History of America, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The History of America, Vol. 2 of 2$11. Cortes received them not like enemies, but as friends, and eondemning the severity of Sandoval, set them immediately at liberty. By this well-timed ele meney, seconded by caresses and presents, he gained their confidenee, and drew from them such particulars concerning the force and intentions of Narvaez, aft gave him a view of the impending danger in its full extent. He had not to contend now with halfnaked Indians, no match for him in war, and still more inferior in the arts of policy, but to take the held against an army in con rage and martial discipline equal to his own, in number far superior, acting under the sanction of royal authorio ty, and commanded by an officer of known bravery. He was informed that Namez, more solicitous to gratify the resentment of Velasquez, than attentive to the he nour or interest of his country, hatwcgun his intercourse With the natives, by representing him and his followers as fugitives and outlaws, guilty of rebellion against their own sovereign, and of injustice in invading 'the Mexican empire, and had declared that his chief object in visit ing the country was to punish the Spaniards who had.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.