To some of the Spaniards, he embodied the myth of the silent, stoic Indian, who suffered at the hands of others. In others’ eyes, he was simply a brave man, a man of honor, in the same way that any man might aspire to be. In whispered Nahuatl, the Indians told each other that the tecpan, the royal office, had been closed down again by armed men, this time in order to torture don Martín.
