Conquistadors 1. The Fal of the Aztecs (11 of 15)

Conquistadors

Trying hard to appear calm, the Spaniards entered the chamber, The first thing the Spanish noticed when they came inside was the disgusting smell.
As their eyes got used to the darkness, they saw the eyes of the Aztec gods staring at them, gleaming with precious stones.
The war god, Huitzilopochtli, was sitting down with a golden bow and arrow.
In front of him was a brazier full of human hearts, still warm.
All around, the walls were encrusted with dried blood.
Cortes then said this to Montezuma - "I don't understand how a prince as great as you "and a man as intelligent as you, could think that these are gods.
"They are bad things called devils "and I'd like your permission to put a cross and a picture of the Virgin Mary in here."
Montezuma took offence at that.

"If I thought you were going to be so insulting to our gods, I would never have brought you to see them.
We hold these things to be good. They bring us health, harvest, rain and water and we must sacrifice to them. So please don't mention this again."
It was quite a gulf For the Christians, God gave his blood to redeem mankind For the Aztecs, mankind must give its blood to redeem the gods, A week passed Cortes had to act, He raises the stakes with an unbelievable gamble, At gunpoint he arrests Montezuma, "What we want you to do is to come over to the palace where we're lodging.
"Quietly and with no fuss. If you raise the alarm, we will kill you."