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During Cortez's preparations for the final campaign against Tenochtitlan, indigenous people from across Mesoamerica rallied to Cuauhtémoc.
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“So as Cortes builds up for the final campaign against Tenoch Titlan,”
“against the new Huey Latawani,”
“Cuitlahuec,”
“and then after he died,”
“his brother,”
“the last of the Huey Latawanis,”
“Cuauhtemoc, he has indigenous people flocking to his banner from all over Mesoamerica.”Play from 19:07Report a misattribution
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