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The Spanish landed on the Mexican coast under the command of Hernan Cortes who was soon taken by Aztecs to the capital city to meet Montezuma, the Aztec chief. Hernan Cortes was treated as god because of Aztec legend. He effectively became the Aztec chief. He had Montezuma put under house arrest and ordered the end to Aztec religious practices. According to the Cortes in a letter to his king, the new changes he instatuted had no negative effects and conviently forgot to mention the mass murder of thousands of Aztecs. Instead, he focused on the gifts he had been given and the laws that he has enacted on behalf of his king. However, according to the Aztec testimony, the Spanards fooled the Aztec soldiers into gathering together for a religious celebration were they were to be slaughtered. This is after the Aztecs had given the Spanish whatever they asked for. The Spanish account is unreliable because he is trying to convince that his mission was a success. The Aztec account is far more reliable beacuse other sources confirm mass murders by the Spanish Conquistadors under Cortes and it is described with precise details of the murders.