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A Brief History of Tenoctitlan
The people of tenoctitlan were enraged by the tushkatel massacre. They responded by ferociously attacking the compound with the spanish and their indigenous allies. Montezuma was still being held hostage by the spanish, so cortes forced him to address his people and demand that they stop attacking but this just made them angrier,. In the ensuing fighting, montezuma was killed. The machica and the mashika accused the spanish of assassinating their emperor. I determined to quit the city that night. I took all the gold and jewels belonging to your majesty that could be removed.