ABSTRACT
Traversing the southern causeway the little party were soon on their march across the beautiful Valley. In Cholula, Martin Cortes had the inexpressible satisfaction of meeting Velasquez de Leon, with the hundred and twenty soldiers intrusted to his command for the formation of a colony. During the interval thus occupied by Cortes, Panfilo de Narvaez had remained at Cempoalla, passing his days in idle and frivolous amusement from this he was at length roused, after the return of Duero, by the remonstrances of the old cacique of the city. The general then prepared to assault the other teocallis, first summoning the garrisons to surrender. Notwithstanding the proud humility of his reply, Cortes could scarcely have failed to regard his victory over Narvaez as one of the most brilliant achievements in his career. With that singular power which he exercised over all who came near him, Cortes converted the very emissaries of Narvaez into his own friends and agents.
