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Shelley was an atheist back when that shit would get you killed, and he spits out this nihilism like cartilage off a chicken wing. He indicts every act of conquest, every crime, every moral transgression, and the higher glory that justified them by pointing out you could have stayed at home partying and accomplished exactly as much.
Many Mekhanite left the fractured state and spread to other territories, some held strong to their faith in secrecy, while others would lose some of their religion due to some reasons such as integration and confliction with other deities. Meanwhile all that remained of the original empire was the city-state of Amoni which became isolated from the neighbouring civilizations allowing them to further develop their technology, until their conquest by the Roman empire and subsequent destruction by the Hebrews. The Mekhanites would be persecuted in the ensuing years, mostly during the Inquisitions, the Brass Crusades which were known to the public simply as the Crusades, and the Salem Witch Trials.
Having thus stated the nature of my materials, and the sources whencethey are derived, it remains for me to add a few observations on thegeneral plan and composition of the work. Among the remarkableachievements of the Spaniards in the sixteenth century, there is no onemore striking to the imagination than the conquest of Mexico. Thesubversion of a great empire by a handful of adventurers, taken with allits strange and picturesque accompaniments, has the air of romancerather than of sober history; and it is not easy to treat such a themeaccording to the severe rules prescribed by historical criticism. But,notwithstanding the seductions of the subject, I have conscientiouslyendeavored to distinguish fact from fiction, and to establish thenarrative on{xxix} as broad a basis as possible of contemporary evidence; andI have taken occasion to corroborate the text by ample citations fromauthorities, usually in the original, since few of them can be veryaccessible to the reader. In these extracts I have scrupulouslyconformed to the ancient orthography, however obsolete and evenbarbarous, rather than impair in any degree the integrity of theoriginal document.
They imagined three separate states of existence in the future life. Thewicked, comprehending the greater part of mankind, were to expiate theirsins in a place of everlasting darkness. Another class, with no othermerit than that of having died of certain diseases, capriciouslyselected, were to enjoy a negative existence of indolent contentment.The highest place was reserved, as in most warlike nations, for theheroes who fell in battle, or in sacrifice. They passed at once into thepresence of the Sun, whom they accompanied with songs and choral dancesin his bright progress through the heavens; and, after some years, theirspirits went to animate the clouds and singing-birds of beautifulplumage, and to revel amidst the rich blossoms and odors of the gardensof paradise.[105] Such was the heaven of the Aztecs; more refined in itscharacter than that of the more polished pagan, whose elysium reflectedonly the martial sports or sensual gratifications of this{77} life.[106] Inthe destiny they assigned to the wicked, we discern similar traces ofrefinement; since the absence of all physical torture forms a strikingcontrast to the schemes of suffering so ingeniously devised by thefancies of the most enlightened nations.[107] In all this, so contraryto the natural suggestions of the ferocious Aztec, we see the evidencesof a higher civilization,[108] inherited from their predecessors in theland.
In this state of things, it was beneficently ordered by Providence thatthe land should be delivered over to another race, who would rescue itfrom the brutish superstitions that daily extended wider and wider withextent of empire.[142] The debasing institutions of the Aztecs furnishthe best apology for their conquest. It is true, the conquerors broughtalong with them the Inquisition. But they also brought Christianity,whose benign radiance would still survive when the fierce flames offanaticism should be extinguished; dispelling those dark forms of horrorwhich had so long brooded over the fair region of Anahuac.
After the conquest, Velasquez, now appointed{289} governor, diligentlyoccupied himself with measures for promoting the prosperity of theisland. He formed a number of settlements, bearing the same names withthe modern towns, and made St. Jago,[469] on the southeast corner, theseat of government.[470] He invited settlers by liberal grants of landand slaves. He encouraged them to cultivate the soil, and gaveparticular attention to the sugar-cane, so profitable an article ofcommerce in later times. He was, above all, intent on working thegold-mines, which promised better returns than those in Hispaniola. Theaffairs of his government did not prevent him, meanwhile, from castingmany a wistful glance at the discoveries going forward on the continent,and he longed for an opportunity to embark in these golden adventureshimself. Fortune gave him the occasion he desired.
Landing on the Cape and mustering his forces, Cortés found they amountedto one hundred and ten mariners, five hundred and fifty-three soldiers,including thirty-two crossbowmen, and thirteen arquebusiers, besides twohundred Indians of the island, and a few Indian women for menialoffices. He was provided with ten heavy guns, four lighter pieces calledfalconets, and with a good supply of ammunition.[529] He had besidessixteen horses. They were not easily procured; for the difficulty oftransporting them across the ocean in the flimsy craft of that day madethem rare and incredibly dear in the Islands.[530] But Cortés rightfullyesti{329}mated the importance of cavalry, however small in number, both fortheir actual service in the field, and for striking terror into thesavages. With so paltry a force did he enter on a conquest which evenhis stout heart must have shrunk from attempting with such means, had hebut foreseen half its real difficulties!
These solemnities concluded, Cortés prepared to return to his ships,well satisfied with the impression made on the new converts, and withthe conquests he had thus achieved for Castile and Christianity. Thesoldiers, taking leave of their Indian friends, entered the boats withthe palm-branches in their hands, and, descending the river, re-embarkedon board their vessels, which rode at anchor at its mouth. A favorablebreeze was blowing, and the little navy, opening its sails to receiveit, was soon on its way again to the golden shores of Mexico.{359}
With the aid of his two intelligent interpreters, Cortés entered intoconversation with his Indian visitors. He learned that they wereMexicans, or rather subjects of the great Mexican empire, of which theirown province formed one of the comparatively recent conquests. Thecountry was ruled by a powerful monarch, called Moctheuzoma, or byEuropeans more commonly Montezuma,[563] who dwelt on the mountain plainsof the interior, nearly seventy leagues from the coast; their ownprovince was governed by one of his nobles, named Teuhtlile, whoseresidence was eight leagues distant. Cortés acquainted them in turn withhis own friendly views in visiting their country, and with his desire ofan interview with the Aztec governor. He then dismissed them loaded withpresents, having first ascertained that there was abundance of gold inthe interior, like the specimens they had brought.{365}
[78] The caciques who submitted to the allied arms were usuallyconfirmed in their authority, and the conquered places allowed to retaintheir laws and usages. (Zurita, Rapport, p. 67.) The conquests were notalways partitioned, but sometimes, singularly enough, were held incommon by the three powers. Ibid., p. 11. 2b1af7f3a8