Across
- 4. welcomed Cortes into Tenochtitlan
- 6. was buried in the waters of the Mississippi River to keep his death a secret from the Indians
- 12. condemned the cruel treatment of the Native Americans
- 13. king's representative in each province
- 14. fort usually built near a mission
- 15. spanish word for town
Down
- 1. Incan ruler
- 2. estate runned by a owner with workers living in it
- 3. made the first spanish landing on the mainland of North America
- 5. explorers that received grants from the spanish rulers
- 7. religious communities that usually included a small town
- 8. captured the Aztec empire
- 9. right to demand taxes or labor from Native Americans living on the land
- 10. conquered Peru
- 11. stranded, built several boats and sailed along the coast toward Mexico