Amicable salutes having passed on both sides, the Cacique drew from a basket which had been brought different sorts of superb armour of gold, ornamented with precious feathers, and told Grijalva, that as proof he loved peace, he requested his…
The defensive arms common to the nobles and plebeians, to the officers and soldiers, were shields, which they called chimalli and were made of different forms and materials. Some of them were perfectly round, and others were rounded only in the…
Tendile who was the most acute of the tow in appearance, remarked at this time a partly gilt helmet with one of our soldiers, and observed that it resembled one which had belonged to their ancestors, and which was placed on the head of their god…
