ABSTRACT
Some murmured audibly against the general, and others against Guatemozin, who, they said, could reveal, if he chose, the place where the treasures were secreted. As Guatemozin refused to make any revelation in respect to the treasure, or rather declared there was none to make, the soldiers loudly insisted on his being put to the torture. The embassy was soon followed by the king of the country in person, who came in great state to the Castilian quarters. Hernando Cortes did not immediately decide in what quarter of the Valley to establish the new capital which was to take the place of the ancient Tenochtitlan. The announcement of the emperor's commission confirming Cortes in the supreme authority of New Spain was received there with general acclamation. The exasperated prelate was chafing under this affront, both the commissioners Tapia and Narvaez arrived in Castile.
