The Mexica later recalled what the Spanish never spoke of: “It was as though they had fallen off a precipice; they all fell and dropped in, the Tlaxcalans … and the Spaniards, along with the horses and some women [they had with them]. The canal was completely full of them, full to the very top. And those who came last just passed and crossed over on people …”—they hesitated over the words—“… on top of the bodies.”34
