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The Aztecs believed that if they neglected to sacrifice people to Huitzilopochtli, then darkness would cover the earth. In the immediate arrival of the Conquistadors, how did the Aztecs react when sacrifice was abolished by the colonial power?

by /u/Quadraticabacus in /r/AskHistorians

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