科罗纳多CORONADO

墨西哥的阿兹特克统治者蒙特祖玛认为科尔特斯是羽蛇神，阿兹特克的传说中说他会再次降临，取代当时的任何政权。为了安抚这个神，蒙特祖玛让信使把神殿里的东西交给科尔特斯，科尔特斯从墨西哥湾沿岸向内陆前进。正如这本书所总结的：
Montezuma, the Aztec ruler of Mexico, thought Cortes was the god Quetzalcoatl that Aztec legend said would come again to replace any regime then in power. In an attempt to placate the god, Montezuma had messengers deliver the contents of the god’s temples to Cortes as he proceeded inland from the Gulf coast. As summarized by

赫伯特·伊·波顿，《科罗纳多：普韦布洛斯与平原骑士》，（阿尔伯克基:新墨西哥大学出版社，1949年），第1页：
Herbert E. Bolton, Coronado: Knight of Pueblos and Plains, (Albuquerque: Univ. of New Mexico Press, 1949), p.1:

[这些物品包括]一条镶着祖母绿、挂着珍珠的金项链，一个巨大的金盘，有马车车轮那么大，代表着太阳，还有一个模拟月亮的银盘。这里有金银首饰和玩具，用宝石装饰的羽毛头饰，珍珠尖的三叉，令人惊叹的羽毛工艺品，精细编织的棉布衣服，还有用象形文字写的所谓的“书”。礼物中单单清单就占了好几页的现代印刷品。
[these items included] a gold necklace set with emeralds and hung with pearls, a huge golden disk, as large as a wagon wheel, representing the sun, and another of silver to simulate the moon. There were gold and silver orna­ments and toys, feather headdresses decorated with gems, pearl-pointed tridents, amazing feather-work, garments of finely woven cotton, and what were called ‘books’ written in hieroglyphics. The bare list of items comprised in the gift occupies several pages of modern print.

科尔特斯觉得他是应得的，他接受的礼物只是刺激了他的欲望，他很快就会用武力去夺取。
Cortes surmised he was on to something, and what he accepted as gifts simply whet his appetite for what he would soon take by force.

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