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45. Mendieta 1971:130. |
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46. Aguilar 1963:140; Díaz del Castillo 190816, 1:232 [bk. 4, chap. 63], 2:251 [bk. 8, chap. 128]; Tapia 1963:23; Torquemada 197583, 1:277 [bk. 2, chap. 70]. |
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47. Díaz del Castillo 190816, 4:73 [bk. 11, chap. 145]. |
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48. On one occasion when the Tlaxcaltecs were fighting the Spaniards, an army of 10,000 warriors began firing arrows and atlatl darts at the Spaniards from three sides, while they were quickly charged on the fourth by warriors with macuahuitl (Díaz del Castillo 190816, 1:242 [bk. 4, chap. 66]). |
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49. Martyr d'Anghera 1970, 2:202 [decade 5, bk. 10]. For a depiction of killing an enemy warrior with a stone knife see the murals at present-day Cacaxtla, Tlaxcala (Barrera Rubio 1980:179). |
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50. Díaz del Castillo 190816, 1:229 [bk. 4, chap. 62]. |
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51. Cortés 1971:294 [letter 4]; Díaz del Castillo 190816, 4:25 [bk. 10, chap. 140], 4:44 [bk. 11, chap. 142]. |
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52. Acosta 1604, 2:484 [bk. 7, chap. 14]; Casas 1967, 1:350 [bk. 3, chap. 67]; Clavigero 1787, 1:371; Díaz del Castillo 190816, 2:231 [bk. 8, chap. 126]; Hernández 1946:67 [bk. 1, chap. 20]. |
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53. Mendieta 1971:131. |
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54. Torquemada 197583, 1:236 [bk. 2, chap. 54], 4:325 [bk. 14, chap. 2]. |
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55. Códice Ramírez 1975:128; Durán 1967, 2:167 [chap. 19]. |
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56. Crónica mexicana 1975:403404 [chap. 48]. |
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57. The most famous instance of assassination for military purposesthe Tepanec killing of the Aztec King Chimalpopocaprobably did not occur at all (see Chapter 9) (Durán 1967, 2:71 [chap. 8]). |
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58. Acosta 1604, 2:481 [bk. 7, chap. 13]; Mendieta 1971:131. |
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59. Crónica mexicana 1975:422 [chap. 52]; Díaz del Castillo 190816, 4:129 [bk. 12, chap. 151]; Durán 1967, 2:283 [chap. 37]. Consequently, the number of men held in reserve varied: in the Tepanec war, half were held back (Acosta 1604, 2:481 [bk. 7, chap. 13]), while in one battle against the Spaniards, the Aztecs sent 2,000 canoes of warriors to attack from one direction, "another" 10,000 warriors by land to attack from a different direction, and 10,000 more warriors held in reserve, yielding a combatant-to-reserve ratio of 2:1 (Díaz del Castillo 190816, 4:75 [bk. 11, chap. 145]). |
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60. Crónica mexicana 1975:422 [chap. 52]; Muñoz Camargo 1892:15; Torquemada 197583, 1:197 [bk. 2, chap. 36]. |
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61. Díaz del Castillo 190816, 1:24 [bk. 1, chap. 4]. |
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62. Díaz del Castillo 190816, 2:230 [bk. 8, chap. 126], 4:117 [bk. 12, chap. 151], 4:154 [bk. 12, chap. 153]. |
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63. Martyr d'Anghera 1970, 2:134 [decade 5, bk. 5]. |
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64. Díaz del Castillo 190816, 1:112 [bk. 2, chap. 31], 1:119 [bk. 2, chap. 34]. |
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65. Chimalpahin 1965:93 [relación 3]. |
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66. Cortés 1971:59 [letter 2]. |
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67. Hernández 1946:24 [bk. 1, chap. 20]. |
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68. Díaz del Castillo 190816, 4:32 [bk. 11, chap. 141]; Torquemada 197583, 1:207 [bk. 2, chap. 42]. |
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