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What did Cuauhtémoc reveal under torture by the Spaniards?

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Tortured to reveal his treasure, Cuauhtémoc replied that it lay at the bottom of the lake—where the Spaniards had perished with it in their flight from Tenochtitlán on the noche triste [sad night].

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