CONTENTS.

[PROLOGUE.]
[I. FRAY ANTONIO]
[II. THE CACIQUE'S SECRET]
[III. THE MONK'S MANUSCRIPT]
[IV. MONTEZUMA'S MESSENGER]
[V. THE ENGINEER AND THE LOST-FREIGHT MAN]
[VI. THE KING'S SYMBOL]
[VII. THE FIGHT IN THE CAÑON]
[VIII. AFTER THE FIGHT]
[IX. THE CAVE OF THE DEAD]
[X. THE SWINGING STATUE]
[XI. THE SUBMERGED CITY]
[XII. IN THE VALLEY OF DEATH]
[XIII. UP THE CHAC-MOOL STAIR]
[XIV. THE HANGING CHAIN]
[XV. THE TEMPLE IN THE CLOUDS]
[XVI. AT THE BARRED PASS]
[XVII. OF OUR COMING INTO THE VALLY OF AZTLAN]
[XVIII. THE STRIKING OF A MATCH]
[XIX. THE SEEDS OF REVOLT]
[XX. THE PRIEST CAPTAIN'S SUMMONS]
[XXI. THE WALLED CITY OF CULHUACON]
[XXII. THE OUTBREAK OF REVOLUTION]
[XXIII. A RESCUE]
[XXIV. THE AFFAIR AT THE WATER-GATE]
[XXV. THE GOLD-MINERS OF HUITZILAN]
[XXVI. THE GATHERING FOR WAR]
[XXVII. AN OFFER OF TERMS]
[XXVIII. THE SURRENDER OF A LIFE]
[XXIX. THE ASSAULT IN THE NIGHT]
[XXX. THE FALL OF THE CITADEL]
[XXXI. DEFEAT]
[XXXII. EL SABIO'S DEFIANCE]
[XXXIII. IN THE AZTEC TREASURE-HOUSE]
[XXXIV. A MARTYRDOM]
[XXXV. THE TREASURE-CHAMBER]
[XXXVI. THE VENGEANCE OF THE GODS]
[XXXVII. THROUGH DARKNESS TO LIGHT]
[XXXVIII. KING CHALTZANTZIN'S TREASURE]
[EPILOGUE.]