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By G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS

1888

Entered at Stationers' Hall, London
BY T. FISHER UNWIN

Electrotyped, Printed, and Bound by
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS

View from a steamer, I-Seen by Fernando Cortés, 2; his

ambition, 3—Inhospitable coast, 3—Vera Cruz, 4—Depart-

ure, 4-Climate we leave, 5-Climate we are seeking, 5—

Three climates of Mexico, 6—Anahuac, 6; Tierra templada,

7-Scenery of the plateau, 7-Its early inhabitants, 8-De-

stroyed by Cortés, 8-Traditions of Anahuac, 9— - Teocallis
changed to cathedrals, 9-The Conquistadores, 10-Span-
ish rulers, 10-Two emperors, 10-Mexico a republic, II;
its past and future, II.

SHADOWY TRIBES

II.

12-23

Meaning of Anahuac, 12-Tula, formerly Tollan, 13-The

Toltecs, 13-Cholula: its legends, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,

20-Mound builders, 21-Legends of the Nahuas, 21-

Huehue-Tlapallan, 22-Atlantis, 22-Noah of the Mexi-

can tribes, 22-Universal fable of the deluge, 23.

III.

TRADITIONS OF THE TOLTECS

24-37

Their wanderings, 24; ruins of their capital, 26; their re-

sources, 26; language, 27; early faith, 27-Cuernavaca, 28

-Toluca, 28-Power of their ruler, 29-Quetzalcoatl,

The Shining Snake, 29; legends of his career, 30;

possible facts, 32; mystery of his departure, 32; image in the

museum, 33; his attributes, 33--Evil days of the Toltecs,

34-The Agave Americana, 34; its properties, 35-Maguey,

35-Xochitl, 36; her beverage, 36--Deterioration of the

Toltecs, 37; dates of their wanderings, 37.

IV.

PAGE

CHICHIMECS

38-44

A new dynasty, 38-The Chichimecs, 39; occupations and

customs, 39-The mark of a warrior, 39-The Serpent of

the Clouds, 40-The invasion of Xolotl, 40-Fall of Tol-

lan, 41-Territory of Xolotl, 41-New waves of emigration,

42-Wise rulers, 42-Texcuco, 42-The Aztecs, 43-War

with Atzcapotzalco, 44-Kingdom of Texcuco, 44.

The young prince, 45; in captivity, 45; a faithful friend,

46-Tlaxcaza, 46—The plateau to-day, 46-The Malinche,

46-The Land of Bread, 47-A wise tutor, 47—Maxtla,

48-The homage of Nezahualcoyotl, 48-Maxtla's plot, 48

-Open enmity, 49-Nezahualcoyotl's escape, 49; his

hiding, 50-Tyranny of Maxtla, 50-The true prince

triumphant, 51-Maxtla defeated and killed, 51-The

kingdom of Texcuco Acolhuacan, 52.

TEXCUCO

VI.

53-61

The Golden Age, 53-The government, 53-Council of

Music, 53-Texcucan literature, 54-Lost treasures, 54-

A royal poet, 55-The Laughing Hill, 56—Artificial lakes,

56-Ruins of Tezcotzinco, 56-Baths of Montezuma, 57—

A blot on Nezahualcoyotl's fame, 57; a Mexican Haroun

al Raschid, 58; his religion, 59-From anarchy to civiliza-

tion, 59-Nezahualpilli, 59-Decline of Texcuco, 60-A

Texcucan historian, 60-Legend or fact? 61.

The Land of Fish, 62-Lonely lakes, 62-Patzcuaro, 63—

The Place of Delights, 64-The first settlers, 64-Iré

Titatacamé, 65-A dusky princess, 65-Tixiacurí, the first

king of Michoacan, 66-The kingdom divided, 66-Tzint-

zuntzan, 67—The glorious reign of Zovanga, 67—A city of

birds, 67-Fruitless excavations, 68-The Tarascans, 68.