SIXTH EDITION
CHICAGO
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1914
Copyright
By Charles F. Lummis
a.d. 1893
TO
ONE OF SUCH WOMEN AS MAKE HEROES AND
KEEP CHIVALRY ALIVE IN OUR LESS
SINGLE-HEARTED DAYS:
ELIZABETH BACON CUSTER
In pronouncing the Spanish names give—
| a | the | sound of | ah | |
| e | " | " | ay | |
| i | " | " | ee | |
| j | " | " | h | |
| o | " | " | oh | |
| u | " | " | oo | |
| h | is | silent | ||
| ll | is | sounded like | lli | in million |
| ñ | " | " | ny | in lanyard |
| hua | " | " | wa | in water |
The views presented in this book have already taken their place in historical literature, but they are certainly altogether new ground for a popular work. Because it is new, some who have not fully followed the recent march of scientific investigation may fear that it is not authentic. I can only say that the estimates and statements embodied in this volume are strictly true, and that I hold myself ready to defend them from the standpoint of historical science.
I do this, not merely from the motive of personal regard toward the author, but especially in view of the merits of his work, its value for the youth of the present and of the coming generations.
AD. F. BANDELIER.