1. Montezuma ll
Montezuma tried to buy off Cortés, but the Spaniard made alliances with those subject tribes who hated Aztec rule. Welcomed into the capital city of Tenochtitlan by Montezuma, Cortés realized it was a trap and, instead, made the empire this prisoner, believing that the Aztecs of would not attack as long as he held Montezuma captive. Montezuma’s submission to the Spaniards, however, had eroded the respect of his people. According to Spanish accounts, he attempted to speak to his subjects and was assailed with stones and arrows, suffering wounds from which he died three days later. The Aztecs, however, believed the Spaniards has murdered their emporer, and Cortés’s force was nearly destroyed as it tried to sneak out of Tenochtitlan at night.