Ua ʻōlelo aku nā koa Paniolo e pili ana i nā huahana like ʻole i loaʻa ma ka mākeke ʻo Tlatelolco, e like me ka mea a kā lākou mau kōkua Tlaxcalans a me Zempoaltecas i haʻi aku ai iā lākou, ka poʻe i ʻike i ka mea nui o kēia kikowaena hoʻololi no nā luna Aztec.
Ua hiki aku nā lono i ka pepeiao o Hernán Cortés, ka mea i neʻe e ka hoihoi, noi aku iā Moctezuma e pili ana kekahi o nā aliʻi ʻōiwi āna i hilinaʻi ai e lawe iā ia i kēlā wahi. Ua nani ka kakahiaka a ʻo ka hui, alakaʻi ʻia e ka Extremaduran, hele wikiwiki i ka ʻāpana ʻākau o Tenochtitlan a komo i Tlatelolco me ka pilikia ʻole. ʻO ke kū ʻana o Citlalpopoca, kekahi o nā alakaʻi nui o kēia kūlanakauhale mākeke, ua kauoha aku i ka mahalo a me ka makaʻu.
ʻO ka tianguis de Tlatelolco kaulana i kūkulu ʻia i kahi hoʻonohonoho o nā hale i ke ʻano o nā keʻena ākea a puni kahi pā nui kahi i hui ai ʻoi aku ma mua o kanakolu tausani mau kānaka i kēlā me kēia lā e hoʻololi i kā lākou huahana. ʻO ka mākeke kahi ʻoihana nui a koʻikoʻi no ka hoʻokele waiwai o nā kūlanakauhale ʻelua, no laila ua mālama nui ʻia i kāna hoʻolauleʻa ʻana a ua nānā ʻia ka mea liʻiliʻi loa e hōʻalo i ka ʻaihue a me ka hoʻopunipuni.
Ua pāpā ʻia ka hele mākaukau ʻana i ka tianguis, ʻo nā koa Pochtec wale nō kai hoʻohana i kā lākou mau ihe, nā pale kaua a me nā macáhuitl (ʻano kalapu me ka lihi obsidian) e hoʻokau i ke kauoha; ʻO ia ke kumu i ka hōʻea ʻana o ka poʻe malihini kipa me kā lākou mea kaua ponoʻī, no kekahi manawa ua kū ka makaʻu o ka poʻe e holoholo ana i ka mākeke, akā ʻo nā huaʻōlelo a Citlalpopoca, ka mea a ka leo nui i haʻi aku ai ua pale ʻia nā haole mai ka Moctezuma nui, hoʻomaha lākou i ko lākou ʻuhane. a hoʻi ka poʻe i kā lākou hana maʻamau.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Hernán Cortés i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka lehulehu, ua ʻike ʻia kahi ʻoka kūloko; ʻO kēia ke kumu o nā hierarchs nāna i kuhikuhi i ke kālepa ma ke kūlanakauhale, nāna i koi i nā mea kālepa e ʻākoakoa i nā ʻāpana like ʻole o ka lānai nui e like me ke ʻano o nā huahana a lākou e hāʻawi ai, e waiho ana ma waena o lākou i kahi ākea e ʻae ai iā lākou e holoholo kūʻokoʻa. a nānā maʻalahi i nā ʻano waiwai like ʻole.
Ua hele ʻo Hernán Cortés a me kāna hui i ka ʻāpana holoholona: ua pūʻiwa ke aliʻi o Sepania i ka rarity o nā ʻōiwi ponoʻī. Ua huki koke ʻia kona manaʻo i nā xoloizcuintli, nā ʻīlio lauoho ʻole, ʻulaʻula a kēpau paha, i hoʻohana ʻia i nā hana hoʻolewa a kuke ʻia paha i kekahi mau ʻahaʻaina. Ua loaʻa iā lākou ka quail e like me nā moa o Castile, no laila ua kapa ʻia lākou he moa o ka ʻāina.
Me nā hares nā teporingos, nā lāpaki hihiu i nui ma nā pali o nā luaipele. Ua pūʻiwa ka poʻe Sepania i ka nui o nā nahesa, ka mea a lākou i wehewehe ʻia ai, he ipu ʻono ia; ʻo ka mea a Cortés i ʻae ʻole ai, ʻo ia ka hoʻohanohano a nā ʻōiwi i hāʻawi aku ai i kēia mau holoholona.
ʻO ka manu a Cortés i mahalo nui ai, ʻo ia ka pipi, ʻo kāna ʻiʻo ono kāna i ʻono ai i kona wā e noho ana i ka hale aliʻi. I kona hala ʻana i ka ʻāpana kahi i hāʻawi ʻia ai ka meaʻai a nīnau e pili ana i nā kīʻaha nui, ua aʻo ʻo ia he nui nā ʻano tamale i hoʻopiha ʻia me nā pīni, nā mea ʻono a me nā iʻa.
Ma muli o ka hoihoi o ke kāpena i ka ʻike ʻana aku i nā mea kālepa e loea ana i nā metala makamae, ua wikiwiki ʻo ia i kona ala, e hele aʻe ma waena o nā mea kanu a me nā mea kanu, me ka nānā pono ʻana i nā mea kanu, ka nui o nā pepa chili, a me nā waihoʻoluʻu o ke kulina a lākou i hana ai. ʻO nā tortillas ʻoluʻolu (ʻaʻole ia e ʻono).
Pēlā ʻo ia i hele ai i ke alanui ākea i kūkulu ʻia e nā huahana like ʻole i hana ʻia me nā mosaic turquoise, nā lei jade a me nā pōhaku ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻē aʻe i kapa ʻia ʻo chalchihuites; Ua hoʻomaha iki ʻo ia i mua o nā keʻena kahi e ʻā ai nā pā gula a me nā kālā, a me nā nuggets a me ka lepo o ka mea hao gula, a me nā mea nani a me nā mea hoʻonani he nui me nā kiʻi ʻano ʻē i hana ʻia e ke akamai o nā mea hana gula.
Ma o kāna mau mea unuhi'ōlelo, ua nīnau mau ʻo Cortés i nā mea kūʻai aku e pili ana i ka ʻike o ke gula; ua nīnau ʻo ia e pili ana i nā mines a me kahi kikoʻī kahi o lākou. I ka pane ʻana o ka poʻe haʻiʻōlelo i loko o nā aupuni mamao loa o ka Mixteca a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o Oaxaca, ua hōʻiliʻili ka poʻe i nā pōhaku gula i loko o nā wai o nā kahawai, ua manaʻo ʻo Cortés he mea ia e pane ʻole ai i nā pane e hoʻohoka iā ia, no laila ua koi ʻo ia i ka ʻike hou aku. kikoʻī, ʻoiai e hoʻolālā malū ana i ka naʻi ʻana o ia wahi i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Ma kēia ʻāpana o ka tianguis, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā mea metallurgical waiwai, mahalo ʻo ia i ka maikaʻi o nā lole i hana nui ʻia me ka pulupulu, kahi i hana ʻia ai nā kapa komo e nā aliʻi hanohano, nona nā kāhiko i hoʻonaninani ʻia e hele mai ana mai ka backstrap loom.
Ma kahi mamao aku ua ʻike ʻo ia i ke alo o ka poʻe kūʻai ipu lepo, a ua hoʻokipa ʻia nā hoihoi o nā mea kanu lāʻau i kona hoihoi. Ua ʻike maopopo ʻo Cortés i ka waiwai o kekahi o nā mea kanu, ʻoiai ua ʻike ʻo ia i kāna mau koa e hoʻōla nei me nā plasters i hoʻopili ʻia e nā kauka ʻōiwi ma hope o kekahi hālāwai ʻana me nā pūʻali ʻōiwi i kā lākou huakaʻi ʻana i ke kapakai ʻo Veracruz.
Ma kekahi kihi o ka mākeke ua ʻike ʻo ia i kahi hui o ka poʻe e like me nā paʻahao, ke kūʻai aku ʻia; Ua komo lākou i kahi kola ʻili huehue me kahi lāʻau lāʻau ma ke kua; I kāna mau nīnau, pane lākou ʻo lākou ka Tlacotin, nā kauā no ke kūʻai aku, nā mea i loaʻa i kēia ʻano no ka ʻaiʻē.
Alakaʻi ʻia e Citlalpopoca i kahi o nā luna o ka mākeke, ma kahi paepae ua noʻonoʻo ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he lehulehu o ka walaʻau e, ma o ke kūʻai pololei ʻana, ua kūʻai lākou i kēlā me kēia lā i nā huahana e pono ai no ko lākou ola ʻana a i ʻole loaʻa nā waiwai waiwai e hoʻokaʻawale ai nā aliʻi. o nā makaʻāinana.
