The White Conquerors: A Tale of Toltec and Aztec

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The White Conquerors: A Tale of Toltec and Aztec by Kirk Munroe.

Contents

• THE WHITE CONQUERORS5
• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS14
• CHAPTER I. A CAPTIVE WARRIOR16
• CHAPTER II. "REMEMBER THAT THOU ART A TOLTEC"21
• CHAPTER III. IN THE MARKET-PLACE OF TENOCHTITLAN26
• CHAPTER IV. TLAHUICOL'S LAST BATTLE31
• CHAPTER V. HUETZIN'S MIRACULOUS ESCAPE36
• CHAPTER VI. TWO SLAVES OF IZTAPALAPAN41
• CHAPTER VII. LOYALTY OUTWEIGHS GOLD AND FREEDOM46
• CHAPTER VIII. TRAPPING A KING'S COURIER51
• CHAPTER IX. WHO ARE THE WHITE CONQUERORS?57
• CHAPTER X. THE SIGN OF THE GOD OF THE FOUR WINDS62
• CHAPTER XI. HOW THE TLASCALANS FOUGHT67
• CHAPTER XII. A SON OF THE HOUSE OF TITCALA72
• CHAPTER XIII. HOW PEACE WAS BROUGHT ABOUT77
• CHAPTER XIV. A CHALLENGE, AND ITS RESULT82
• CHAPTER XV. MARCHING ON CHOLULA87
• CHAPTER XVI. A SACRIFICE OF CHILDREN, AND WHAT IT PORTENDED93
• CHAPTER XVII. PUNISHMENT OF THE CONSPIRATORS98
• CHAPTER XVIII. FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE MEXICAN VALLEY103
• CHAPTER XIX. MONTEZUMA WELCOMES THE CONQUERORS TO TENOCHTITLAN108
• CHAPTER XX. HUETZIN IN THE POWER OF THE CHIEF PRIEST113
• CHAPTER XXI. A SUPERSTITIOUS KING118
• CHAPTER XXII. SANDOVAL PLIGHTS HIS TROTH124
• CHAPTER XXIII. IN THE PASSAGES BENEATH THE TEMPLE130
• CHAPTER XXIV. MONTEZUMA IS MADE PRISONER135
• CHAPTER XXV. CORTES CAPTURES AND ENLISTS THE ARMY OF HIS RIVAL140
• CHAPTER XXVI. TIATA'S BRAVE DEATH AND SANDOVAL'S GRIEF145
• CHAPTER XXVII. THE CONQUERORS ARE BESIEGED IN THEIR QUARTERS150
• CHAPTER XXVIII. A BATTLE IN MID-AIR155
• CHAPTER XXIX. THE GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF TLALCO160
• CHAPTER XXX. MONTEZUMA'S SUCCESSOR DEFIES THE CONQUERORS165
• CHAPTER XXXI. THE RETREAT FROM TENOCHTITLAN171
• CHAPTER XXXII. A NIGHT OF FIGHTING, DESPAIR, AND DEATH176
• CHAPTER XXXIII. MARINA IS LOST AND SAVED181
• CHAPTER XXXIV. SORROW TURNED INTO JOY, AND DARKNESS INTO LIGHT187
• CHAPTER XXXV. THE DESPERATE BATTLE OF OTAMPAN192
• CHAPTER XXXVI. VICTORY SNATCHED FROM DEFEAT197
• CHAPTER XXXVII. ONCE MORE IN THE MEXICAN VALLEY201
• CHAPTER XXXVIII. LAUNCHING THE FIRST AMERICAN WARSHIPS206
• CHAPTER XXXIX. ALDERETE'S FATAL ERROR211
• CHAPTER XL. FINAL OVERTHROW OF THE AZTEC GODS218
• TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:223
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE225

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