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 |