Acoyauh is currently translating this document to
english. To see the spanish version of La Vision de los Vencidos
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The native documents that appear in the thirteen first chapters of this
book include facts happened from shortly before the arrival of the
Spaniards at the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico, to the final scene,
Mexico-Tenochtitlan in the hands of the conquerors.
The two last chapters, the 14 and 15 offer as a conclusion, the story of
the conquest, written in 1528 by several anonymous informants of
Tlatelolco, as well as a few famous examples of icnocuícatl, "Sad Songs"
of the conquest.
The texts are ordered based on the chronological sequence of the facts
and actions of the conquest, some testimonies present some variations or
divergences. Without trying to solve here the historical problems that
raise such variants, what interests us fundamentally is the human value
of the texts, that reflect, more clearly than the historical facts, the
way in which the Nahua Indians of diverse cities and origins saw them
and interpreted them.
Chapter
1 The first omens and portents that announced the comming of the
Spaniards.
Chapter
2 The first news of the arrival of the ships.
Chapter
3 The comings and goings of Moctezuma's messengers.
Chapter
4 Moctezuma's reactions to the arrival of Cortez.
Chapter
5 The Spaniards start their trip to Mexico-Tenochtitlan.
Chapter
6 More presents sent and the appearence of Tezcatlipoca near the
Popocatepetl .
Other chapters still under translation
Chapter
15 the sad songs.
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