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Cortez accepted orders from his governor and on the morning of February 18, 1519 set sail for Yucatan, Mexico. The journey from Cuba was only 120 miles from the Mexican coast. When Cortez landed in Yucatán, Mexico he saw structures like pyramids. On his arrival the Mayan Indians gave him a warm welcome. The Indians told Cortez, ‘‘We wish neither war nor trade. We have no more gold and you will be killed if you do not leave.'' Cortez ended the conversation with the deaths of 400 Mayan Indians.
