Montezuma and Cortes

I just read about when Cortes went to the Aztecs. The people saw him and when he brought his horses out of the ship many ran away in terror because they’d never seen a horse before.

Cortes went with his men to look for cities of gold and the people who lived there thought he was a God because he had the same helmet as a picture of a prophecy. Because of these they gave him gold and Montezuma let him in the city.

After that though he killed several of Montezuma’s men and Montezuma was very mad. He fought them but the Conquistadors killed Montezuma in a battle and Cortes was made king.

One night when Cortes looked out it appeared deserted so he went out to the moat with his troops to escape with the gold from the city. He built a bridge and they were crossing it, but the Aztecs came in canoes and fought them on the bridge. Many of the Spaniards pockets were so filled with gold that they drowned.

Cortes and some of his best men survived so they went and got another army of Natives to come conquer the Aztecs. The Aztecs had sacrificed these people’s families so they were happy to fight against the Aztecs.

They did a siege around the city and since they didn’t have enough food and water Cortes took over the city.