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Am History Christ in the Americas ch 1-3 Part III

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Faithful soldier and chronicler of Cortes   Bernal Diaz  
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Town, allied to Montezuma, where Diaz mentioned "100,000 skulls" in their temple.   Zocotlan  
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Town that attacked Cortes, but was beaten and later asked to be allies.   Tlaxcala  
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Town that planned to massacre the Spaniards, but were betrayed by the chief's wife who told Marina, the Spaniard's interpreter.   Cholula  
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Night when half Cortes' army was killed while trying to escape from the Aztec's capitol.   Noche Triste or "night of sorrows"  
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Great battle against the Aztec host where Spaniards were out-numbered maybe 20 to one, and where the Spaniards triumphed anyway.   Battle of Otumba  
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Leader of the Spanish captains that tried to mutiny against Magellan on several occasions during his voyage around the world.   Juan de Cartagena  
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The islands reached by Magellan, where he is said to have circumnavigated the globe, and where her was killed.   Philipenes  
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Leader of the 12 Franciscans who walked to Mexico City in 1524 to minister to the Indians.   Fray Martin de Valencia  
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Man sent by Cortes to conquer Honduras, but who rebelled and tried to set up his own rule there   Cristobal de Olid  
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First bishop of Mexico and named Protector of the Indians of Mexico by the Pope.   Juan de Zumarraga  
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Appointed to be chairman of the Audiencia (commission) by Charles I to rule New Spain, and a slave trader   Nuno de Guzman  
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The title given to the Blessed Mother for her apparition and miracle of 1531   Our Lady of Guadalupe  
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Number of Indians baptized in the 17 years after the apparition of Mary at Guadalupe in 1531...   9 million  
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The first viceroy to rule New Spain, after the Audiencias work was done.   Don Antonio de Mendoza  
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Man who commanded an expedition to Florida where all but 4 men were lost.   Panfilo Narvaez  
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Leader of the 4 surviving men from the Florida expedition that failed in 1517, and who passed on the legend of the cities of gold.   Alvar nunez Cabeza de Vaca  
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Spanish leader who searched for "Quivera", where there was much gold, but instead explored much of Texas and New Mexico.   Coronado  
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Also looking for gold this man took his expedition through Georgia, Ala, Miss, and Tenn, sighting the MIssissippi riverin 1541.   Hernan De Soto  
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