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175 heavy armor of the Spaniards only three fell down the barranca. The Tlahuicas were taken by surprise; they were busy fighting across the Barranca and had not noticed the enemy crossing through the branches of the trees, and Cortéz, having restored one of the destroyed bridges, crossed his cavalry and the rest of the infantry. The Tlahuicas fled to the mountains, the villages around the city were burned and the houses pillaged. Soon the Tzins returned and were brought trembling before Cortéz. who, satisfied with their humiliation, ordered the cessation of hostilities, and took possession of the

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town. After the occupation of the City of Mexico by the Spaniards, Cortéz returned to Cuernavaca and for a time made it his home and constructed the great palace that is now used as the State Capitol. Near the end of January, 1529, the friars that were to found the Convent of San Francisco came to Cuernavaca; this convent was afterwards the parish church and is now the Cathedral. It is more a group of churches and chapels, with connecting roofs and walls; the tower contains a clock that was once in the cathedral of Segovia, presented to Cortéz by Charles of Spain. Asuncion is the parish church; the others are San Pedro, Tercer Orden and Guadalupe, the latter built by de la Borda; Guadalupe is in the suburbs of the city.