Note 1216 — Chapter XXXIV · THE CONQUEST ACHIEVED. July-August, 1521.
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‘Mataron y prendieron mas de cuarenta mil ánimas.’ Id. Ixtlilxochitl, Hor. Crueldades, 48, raises the number to 50,000, while Duran states that over 40,000 men and women perished while fleeing. Hist. Ind., MS., ii. 510. What pained the conquerors most, however, was the sight and knowledge of what immense quantity of booty eluded them to pass into the hands of these marauders.