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Often appears with: retreat and pursuit · propaganda and rumor · military discipline and training · interpretation errors · history and the writing of history · historiographical correction · fate, destiny, and necessity
Usually: reflection (1) · detachment (1) · skepticism (1)
“This, however, is incorrect; for his return to Cholulla was entirely owing to the fear and anxiety of Narvaez's men, whom the Indians had crammed with all manner of fearful tales.” Bernal Díaz del Castillo, The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Cast · observation
Diaz explains he was not present, corrects Gomara’s claims about Oli’s retreat, attributes it instead to Narváez’s men’s fear and Indian exaggerations, and closes the episode while promising further news from Vera Cruz.
whole surrounding country came to sue for peace, and declared themselves vassals of our emperor. After he had thus restored tranquillity to the whole country he returned to Villa Segura. I myself was not present at this battle, and I therefore merely relate what I learnt from others respecting it. Cortes and the whole of us marched out to meet the returning conquerors, and the rejoicings, as may be imagined, were ve…