Note 280 — Chapter XII · MARCH TOWARD MEXICO. August-September, 1519.
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Still Gomara, in his sweeping way, declares that Cortés ‘puso muchas cruzes en los templos, derrocãdo los idolos como lo hazia en cada lugar.’ Hist. Mex., 70; Tapia, Relacion, in Icazbalceta, Col. Doc., ii. 567. Twenty leading warriors were taken from here, says Bernal Diaz.