Hernan Cortez Research Paper

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When the Hernan Cortez's crew arrived the native Americans welcomed them with a celebration stated in the letter from Hernan Cortez to Charles V "they came out of the city to greet me with many trumpets and drums, including many persons whom they regard as priests in their temples, dressed in traditional vestments and singing after their fashion, as they do in the temples." the native Americans fed them, yet the amount of food the crew received, was not enough they gave the crew got a place where the could stay and company, yet they noticed when they arrived they noticed some of the roads were blocked, women and kids leaving the city. Hernan Cortez noticed something happening, Hernan C. and his crew decided to attack back, Hernan C. took the

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