MODERN MEXICO--SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTRY--CONDITION OF
THE NATIVES--CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES--CULTIVATION OF THE
SOIL--VOYAGES AND EXPEDITIONS
Mexico rebuilt 151
Edifices in the City 152
Its Fortress 153
Its Population 154
Settlement of the Country 155
Encouragements to Marriage 156
The Wife of Cortés arrives in Mexico 158
Her Death 159
System of _Repartimientos_ 159
Reward of the Tlascalans 161
Treatment of the Natives 162
Franciscan Missionaries 163
Their Reception by Cortés 164
Progress of Conversion 166
Settlements of the Conquerors 167
Cultivation of the Soil 168
Fleet burnt at Zacatula 169
Voyages to discover a Strait 170
Expedition of Alvarado 172
Results of the Enterprises of Cortés 173