Condemn this man to die and Prince you must seek some other envoy to win back the Otomie to the cause of Anahuac.' Now Cuitlahua pondered, staring into the gloom above him and pulling at his beard, and the silence was great, for none knew what his judgment would be.

At last he spoke: 'So be it.

We have need of Otomie, my niece, and it is of no avail to fight against a woman's love.

Teule, we give you life, and with the life honour and wealth, and the greatest of our women in marriage, and a place in our councils.

Take these gifts and her, but I say to you both, beware how you use them.