EEG+Aztec+Chroniclers+Describe+the+Spanish+Conquest;+1519+(page+12-15)

A) The author was a chronicler, or a scribe, of the Aztec people. He was one of the Aztec people, and he viewed the Spanish as outsiders that were intruding on their lives and pilaging for sport.

PT) This was created shortly after the fiesta of Huitzilopolchtli in the city of Tenochtitlan in 1519.

PK) Hernan Cortes arrieved in Mexico in the search of gold and fame. When he arrived, he was treated like a god and king of the people. However, he did not return the favor and was thrown out due to cutting himself shaving. This was translated by a friar named Bernardino de Sahagun in 1529.

AU) This was recorded as a history reference of the Aztecs for all to read. It has some bias coming from the author, but it is recorded as fact for all to read to remember.

R) This was produced in order to record the Spanish outburst quickly before things got out of hand. It was meant to show how upset the Aztecs were with the Spanish.

TMI) The Spanish may have come to the Aztec society as gods and heroes, but they trapped Motecuhzoma under their rule. They also decieved the people in thinking they wanted to learn how a festival worked, only to slaughter the people present and pilage the town. This recording, in fact, was set as a recording of an outrage that may have partially caused the rebellion of the Aztecs.

S) This shows that all of what Cortes is false. His soldiers actions show how they massacered and abused the Aztec people and kept their king prisoner.

For a comparason of this and Cortes' ideas, click here.