1908


Copyright, 1893, by

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS


TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
[I.]A Captive Warrior,1
[II.]"Remember that Thou Art a Toltec!"9
[III.]In the Market-place of Tenochtitlan,17
[IV.]Tlahuicol's Last Battle,25
[V.]Huetzin's Miraculous Escape,33
[VI.]Two Slaves of Iztapalapan,41
[VII.]Loyalty Outweighs Gold and Freedom,48
[VIII.]Trapping a King's Courier,56
[IX.]Who are the White Conquerors?64
[X.]The Sign of the God of the Four Winds,73
[XI.]How the Tlascalans Fought,82
[XII.]A Son of the House of Titcala,90
[XIII.]How Peace was Brought About,99
[XIV.]A Challenge and Its Result,108
[XV.]Marching on Cholula,116
[XVI.]A Sacrifice of Children and What It Portended,125
[XVII.]Punishment of the Conspirators,133
[XVIII.]First Glimpse of the Mexican Valley,141
[XIX.]Montezuma Welcomes the Conquerors to Tenochtitlan,149
[XX.]Huetzin in the Power of the Chief Priest,158
[XXI.]A Superstitious King,166
[XXII.]Sandoval Plights his Troth,174
[XXIII.]In the Passages Beneath the Temple,182
[XXIV.]Montezuma is Made Prisoner,190
[XXV.]Cortes Captures and Enlists the Army of his Rival,198
[XXVI.]Tiata's Brave Death and Sandoval's Grief,206
[XXVII.]The Conquerors are Besieged in Their Quarters,213
[XXVIII.]A Battle in Mid-air,221
[XXIX.]The Glorious Triumph of Tlalco,228
[XXX.]Montezuma's Successor Defies the Conquerors,236
[XXXI.]The Retreat from Tenochtitlan,244
[XXXII.]A Night of Fighting, Despair, and Death,253
[XXXIII.]Marina is Lost and Saved,261
[XXXIV.]Sorrow Turned into Joy, and Darkness into Light,270
[XXXV.]The Desperate Battle of Otampan,278
[XXXVI.]Victory Snatched from Defeat,286
[XXXVII.]Once More in the Mexican Valley,293
[XXXVIII.]Launching the First American Warships,302
[XXXIX.]Alderete's Fatal Error,310
[XL.]Final Overthrow of the Aztec Gods,319