Mexico, And the Life of the Conqueror Fernando Cortes 2
Mexico, And the Life of the Conqueror Fernando Cortes 2
William Hickling Prescott
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22 Ibid., cap. 178. DONA MARINA. 333 docility unlike the warlike temper of their countrymen of Yucatan. They willingly listened to the Spanish missionaries who accompanied the expedition, as they expounded the Chris- tian doctrines through the intervention of Marina. The Indian interpreter was present throughout this long march, the last in which she remained at the side of Cortfe. As this, too, is the last occasion on which she will appear in these pages, I will mention, before parting with he...r, an interesting circumstance that occurred when the army was traversing the province of Coatzacualco. This, it may be remembered, was the native country of Marina, where her infamous mother sold her, when a child, to some foreign traders, in order to secure her inheritance to a younger brother. Cortds halted for some days at this place, to hold a conference with the surrounding caciques, on matters of government and religion. Among those summoned to this meeting was Marina's mother, who came, attended by her son.
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