14 HISTORY OF MEXICO. 



concluded with the Daughter of many Mexicans, and the 

 flight of the reft. The Chalchefe, apprifed of the victory, 

 came with great rejoicing to meet the Spaniards, and in- 

 troduced them in triumph into their city (e). The lord 

 of that ftate, who had died a ftiort time before of the 

 fmall-pox, had, in the laft moments of his life, warmly 

 recommended it to his two fons to confederate with the 

 Spaniards, to cultivate their friendmip, and adopt Cor- 

 tes for a father. In confequence of his laft defire, thofe 

 two youths repaired to Tezcuco, accompanied by the 

 Spanifti army, and many Chalchefe nobles, prefented 

 the value of one hundred and fifty fequins in gold to 

 Cortes, and eftablifhed the alliance, to which they were 

 always faithful. The caufe of rebellion, fo frequent 

 among the people of that empire, was in fome the fear 

 of the Spanifti arms, and the power of their allies ; and 

 in others, their hatred to, and impatience under, the 

 Mexican yoke. It is impoflible to expect conftant fide- 

 lity from fubj eels who are rather influenced by terror 

 than kindnefs. No throne can be more unftable than 

 that which is fupported by force of arms more than by 

 the love of the people. Cortes, after carefling the two 

 Chalchefe youths, divided the ftate between them, either 

 at their own requeft, or the fuggeftions of the nobility. 

 He conferred on the eldeft the principal city, and fome 

 other places ; and on the youngeft he fettled Tlalma- 

 nalco, Chimalhuaca, and Ajotzinco. 



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(e) Solis, in his account of this event, sommits two geographical errors ; firft, 

 he fuppofes the city of Chalco contiguous to Otompan, \vherea6 the court of 

 Tezcuco, and other confiderable cities of the kingdom of Acolhuacan are be- 

 tween them, as we have fhewn in our geographical chart of the Mexican lakes. 

 Secondly, he fays, that the ftates of Chalco and Tlafcala bordered upon each 

 other, whereas there is a wood of fifteen miles long, and a part of the domini- 

 ons of Huexotzinco between them. 



