The White Conquerors: A Tale of Toltec and Aztec by Kirk Munroe
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THE WHITE CONQUERORS
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I WILL NEVER FORGET.
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THE WHITE CONQUERORS
_A TALE OF TOLTEC AND AZTEC_
BY KIRK MUNROE
AUTHOR OF "WAKULLA," "THE FLAMINGO FEATHER," "DERRICK STERLING," "THE GOLDEN DAYS OF '49," THE "MATE" SERIES, ETC.
_ILLUSTRATED BY W. S. STACEY_
NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 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