JQ+8-25-09,+p.+9-15

//Author://** Hernan Cortes is writing a letter describing his findings in Mexico. He has an optimistic point of view about his findings.
 * __Hernan Cortes Conquers Mexico p.9-12__
 * //Place and Time://** October 30, 1520, writing to the Emperor (King) of Spain
 * //Prior Knowledge://** Cortes is sent to Mexico to find gold and other goods as well as spread Catholicism. He was sent out to make Spain and even more prominent country. Cortes landed in Mexico and conquered the Aztecs. Then, he encounters Moctezuma, who thinks Cortes is a God.
 * //Audience://** The King of Spain is the audience. The source is unreliable because Cortes wants to impress the king and will not say anything negative in his letter.
 * //Reason://** Cortes wanted to tell the king what he hand found and that he had conquered the Aztecs. He also wanted the king to know that he had a house made of gold and that the Aztecs thought he was a God.
 * //The Main Idea://** Cortes was trying to impress the king with everything that he found in Mexico.
 * //Significance://** The letter from Cortes to the king shows Cortes desire to impress the king and brag about his findings in Mexico.

//Author://** The author is a Spanish Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagun who gathers a story from a witness of the encounter between Moctezuma and Cortes. His point of view is against Spain. //**Audience:**// The audience is the Aztecs, the Spanish, and any others who were convinced of a different story. The source is reliable because the witness would not lie about such a tragic event that he saw himself. //**Reason:**// Bernardino de Sahagun wants Aztecs, Spanish, and others what exactly happened when Cortes landed in Mexico. //**The Main Idea:**// Sahagun wants people to know that there was more than just Cortes stealing the gold and conquering the Aztecs. He wants others to know that there was an attack brought upon the Aztecs unexpectantly. //**Significance:**// The account from the witness shows the Cortes was willing to do anything to take over the Aztecs and get whatever supplies he wanted.
 * __Aztec Chroniclers Describe the Spanish Conquest of Mexico p.12-15__
 * //Place and Time://** 1519, the Royal House in the Aztec community
 * //Prior Knowledge://** Cortes is sent to Mexico to find gold and other goods as well as spread Catholicism. He was sent out to make Spain and even more prominent country. Cortes landed in Mexico and conquered the Aztecs. Then, he encounters Moctezuma, who thinks Cortes is a God.

At first, it seems like the two sources tell the same story. Cortes arrives with his men to look for gold and he is mistaken as a God to Aztecs. He is showered with gifts and extreme hospitality. In the first primary source, Cortes writes a letter explaining all his findings of gold and other great resources and how he is spreading Catholicism and also how he has conquered the Aztecs. In the second primary source, the account of a witness says that there was a fiesta held for Huitzilopochtli. When everyone started dancing, the Spaniards attacked the Aztecs. The Aztecs tried to escape but there was no way out. Clearly, these two accounts focus on the same point in history, however the way it happened is different. The account from the witness seems more reliable because he had no one to impress with his story, whereas Cortes wanted to impress the King of Spain in order to keep funding his exploration there.