CONTENTS
PART I
SOUTH AMERICAN FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS
| PAGE | |
| [PANAMA AND THE KNIGHTS-ERRANT OF COLONIZATION] | |
| I. THE SPANISH MAIN | 3 |
| II. THE DON QUIXOTE OF DISCOVERERS AND HIS RIVAL | 5 |
| III. THE ADVENTURES OF OJEDA | 10 |
| IV. ENTER ONE VASCO NUÑEZ DE BALBOA | 17 |
| V. THE DESPERATE STRAITS OF NICUESA | 20 |
| [PANAMA, BALBOA AND A FORGOTTEN ROMANCE] | |
| I. THE COMING OF THE DEVASTATOR | 31 |
| II. THE GREATEST EXPLOIT SINCE COLUMBUS'S VOYAGE | 34 |
| III. "FUROR DOMINI" | 42 |
| IV. THE END OF BALBOA | 44 |
| [PERU AND THE PIZARROS] | |
| I. THE CHIEF SCION OF A FAMOUS FAMILY | 53 |
| II. THE TERRIBLE PERSISTENCE OF PIZARRO | 57 |
| III. "A COMMUNISTIC DESPOTISM" | 68 |
| IV. THE TREACHEROUS AND BLOODY MASSACRE OF CAXAMARCA | 73 |
| V. THE RANSOM AND MURDER OF THE INCA | 85 |
| VI. THE INCA AND THE PERUVIANS STRIKE VAINLY FOR FREEDOM | 93 |
| VII. "THE MEN OF CHILI" AND THE CIVIL WARS | 102 |
| VIII. THE MEAN END OF THE GREAT CONQUISTADOR | 105 |
| IX. THE LAST OF THE BRETHREN | 108 |
| [THE GREATEST ADVENTURE IN HISTORY] | |
| I. THE CHIEF OF ALL THE SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE | 115 |
| II. THE EXPEDITION TO MEXICO | 120 |
| III. THE RELIGION OF THE AZTECS | 125 |
| IV. THE MARCH TO TENOCHTITLAN | 130 |
| V. THE REPUBLIC OF TLASCALA | 138 |
| VI. CORTES'S DESCRIPTION OF MEXICO | 147 |
| VII. THE MEETING WITH MONTEZUMA | 162 |
| VIII. THE SEIZURE OF THE EMPEROR | 171 |
| IX. THE REVOLT OF THE CAPITAL | 174 |
| X. IN GOD'S WAY | 177 |
| XI. THE MELANCHOLY NIGHT | 182 |
| XII. THE SIEGE AND DESTRUCTION OF MEXICO | 194 |
| XIII. A DAY OF DESPERATE FIGHTING | 198 |
| XIV. THE LAST MEXICAN | 215 |
| XV. THE END OF CORTES | 218 |
PART II
OTHER TALES OF ADVENTURE
| [ THE YARN OF THE "ESSEX," WHALER ] | 231 |
| [ SOME FAMOUS AMERICAN DUELS ] | 245 |
| I. A TRAGEDY OF OLD NEW YORK | 246 |
| II. ANDREW JACKSON AS A DUELLIST | 248 |
| III. THE KILLING OF STEPHEN DECATUR | 251 |
| IV. AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF JAMES BOWIE | 252 |
| V. A FAMOUS CONGRESSIONAL DUEL | 254 |
| VI. THE LAST NOTABLE DUEL IN AMERICA | 256 |
| [ THE CRUISE OF THE "TONQUIN" ] | 261 |
| [ JOHN PAUL JONES ] | 281 |
| I. THE BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN NAVY | 283 |
| II. JONES FIRST HOISTS THE STARS AND STRIPES | 284 |
| III. THE BATTLE WITH THE "SERAPIS" | 285 |
| IV. A HERO'S FAMOUS SAYINGS | 287 |
| V. WHAT JONES DID FOR HIS COUNTRY | 288 |
| VI. WHY DID HE TAKE THE NAME OF JONES | 289 |
| VII. A SEARCH FOR HISTORICAL EVIDENCE | 292 |
| VIII. THE JONESES OF NORTH CAROLINA | 296 |
| IX. PAUL JONES NEVER A MAN OF WEALTH | 297 |
| [ IN THE CAVERNS OF THE PITT ] | 301 |
| [ BEING A BOY OUT WEST ] | 315 |
| [ INDEX ] | 335 |