The Journey
Hello,
I am on my way to Mexico right now. I am sailing the coast as I write. The weather and the ocean has been great for us since we left, I only wish that it stays like this for us. I am so excited to get there, I can’t wait. There are some sad things about this jorney so far though. 5 of my soldiers have died, 1 sailor, and 1 horse. I hope that the people there will make it easy for us. I wonder what they will be like.
It is two days later and a big storm has came out of no where. the storm is lasting forever, it just won’t quit. All of the sudden I heard a big crack. I looked and what I saw shoked me. It was one of ships cracking in 2. My men were screaming and there was nothing that I can do to help them. I felt hopeless and scared. All I could do was watch, it was horrible, The sreams. The helps. And then… I fainted. It was the next day when I woke up. Even though we lost a lot of men we had to keep going, we coundn’t let this keep us back.
By now we could see land. It took us an hour to get there by the time we saw land. The land was beautiful. There were so many new trees, and plants. Even new animals. The air was nicer too. I wish Spain looked and smelled like this.
We started with just over 600 men and 16 horses with 11 ships. We now have just under 550 men, 13 horses and 11 ships. We must start the expidition. We started walking the coast looking for the Aztecs. Well I must go now.
-Hernán Cortés-
Nilze!
This is Namacuix. It’s nice to hear that the first part of your expedition went great. I’m sad to hear that you got hit by a storm and that your ship got torn in half. It must have taken a long time to build that boat. Also, I couldn’t imagine the screaming that must have gone on there. It must have been horrible.
Thank you for saying that our land is beautiful. To us, these things are normal. What kinds of plants and animals do you have where you came from? The climate here is dry, so that gets annoying sometimes. What kind of climate did you have where you came from?
I think that’s all I have to say. Nice talking to you!
Hello!
Hi, again thanks for the compliment on the first part of our expedition. Ya, the storm was really bad and it was really sad. It was horrible, never seen or heard nothing like it.
Your welcome, my land, I mean your land is very nice. Our climate is allaround.
Nice talking to you too! Good-bye!