The story of Toxcatl massacre
In May 1520, while Cortés was on the coast, Alvarado's men attacked Mexica gathered for the feast of Toxcatl in Tenochtitlan; the Spanish and Nahua accounts disagree about why.
May 1520
Toxcatl massacre. In May 1520, while Cortés was on the coast, Alvarado’s men attacked Mexica gathered for the feast of Toxcatl in Tenochtitlan; the Spanish and Nahua accounts disagree about why.
May 1520
Pedro de Alvarado intervened in Toxcatl massacre. Commanded the Spaniards in the city.
MacNutt reports what Alvarado alleged in his own defence at a later inquiry; the story gives it as his account.
According to Pedro de Alvarado. This is one side’s account, not established fact.
Toxcatl massacre appears in Florentine Codex and Letters of relation of Hernán Cortés.
According to Florentine Codex and Hernán Cortés, each in its own account.
Toxcatl massacre involved Pedro de Alvarado and Moctezuma II.
According to Pedro de Alvarado and Bernal Díaz del Castillo, each in its own account.
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