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After forming an alliance with the Totonacs, Hernan Cortes marched inland into Tlaxcalan territory.

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“So having established this relationship with the Totonacs,”
“Cortes begins to march inland and he enters the territory of the Lascalans, who, like an autoimmune system,”
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