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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