In the early summer of 1521, sixty-two of the Spanish army's companions had been captured, and Cortes and the other survivors helplessly watched one of the men were being taken a mile away across the water on one of the major temple-pyramids of the city in the middle of the lake. Drums sounded, Trumpet like instruments were played. Witnesses said it was a terrifying sound. They watched their men being dragged up the steps of the tall pyramids from a far, helpless to do anything. They placed them on a platform in front of the shrine of their fake gods. They placed plumes on their heads and made them dance.…
