The White Conquerors: A Tale of Toltec and Aztec
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Munroe Kirk. The White Conquerors: A Tale of Toltec and Aztec
CHAPTER I. A CAPTIVE WARRIOR
CHAPTER II "REMEMBER THAT THOU ART A TOLTEC"
CHAPTER III. IN THE MARKET-PLACE OF TENOCHTITLAN
CHAPTER IV. TLAHUICOL'S LAST BATTLE
CHAPTER V. HUETZIN'S MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
CHAPTER VI. TWO SLAVES OF IZTAPALAPAN
CHAPTER VII. LOYALTY OUTWEIGHS GOLD AND FREEDOM
CHAPTER VIII. TRAPPING A KING'S COURIER
CHAPTER IX. WHO ARE THE WHITE CONQUERORS?
CHAPTER X. THE SIGN OF THE GOD OF THE FOUR WINDS
CHAPTER XI. HOW THE TLASCALANS FOUGHT
CHAPTER XII. A SON OF THE HOUSE OF TITCALA
CHAPTER XIII. HOW PEACE WAS BROUGHT ABOUT
CHAPTER XIV. A CHALLENGE, AND ITS RESULT
CHAPTER XV. MARCHING ON CHOLULA
CHAPTER XVI. A SACRIFICE OF CHILDREN, AND WHAT IT PORTENDED
CHAPTER XVII. PUNISHMENT OF THE CONSPIRATORS
CHAPTER XVIII. FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE MEXICAN VALLEY
CHAPTER XIX. MONTEZUMA WELCOMES THE CONQUERORS TO TENOCHTITLAN
CHAPTER XX. HUETZIN IN THE POWER OF THE CHIEF PRIEST
CHAPTER XXI. A SUPERSTITIOUS KING
CHAPTER XXII. SANDOVAL PLIGHTS HIS TROTH
CHAPTER XXIII. IN THE PASSAGES BENEATH THE TEMPLE
CHAPTER XXIV. MONTEZUMA IS MADE PRISONER
CHAPTER XXV. CORTES CAPTURES AND ENLISTS THE ARMY OF HIS RIVAL
CHAPTER XXVI. TIATA'S BRAVE DEATH AND SANDOVAL'S GRIEF
CHAPTER XXVII. THE CONQUERORS ARE BESIEGED IN THEIR QUARTERS
CHAPTER XXVIII. A BATTLE IN MID-AIR
CHAPTER XXIX. THE GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF TLALCO
CHAPTER XXX. MONTEZUMA'S SUCCESSOR DEFIES THE CONQUERORS
CHAPTER XXXI. THE RETREAT FROM TENOCHTITLAN
CHAPTER XXXII. A NIGHT OF FIGHTING, DESPAIR, AND DEATH
CHAPTER XXXIII. MARINA IS LOST AND SAVED
CHAPTER XXXIV. SORROW TURNED INTO JOY, AND DARKNESS INTO LIGHT
CHAPTER XXXV. THE DESPERATE BATTLE OF OTAMPAN
CHAPTER XXXVI. VICTORY SNATCHED FROM DEFEAT
CHAPTER XXXVII. ONCE MORE IN THE MEXICAN VALLEY
CHAPTER XXXVIII. LAUNCHING THE FIRST AMERICAN WARSHIPS
CHAPTER XXXIX. ALDERETE'S FATAL ERROR
CHAPTER XL. FINAL OVERTHROW OF THE AZTEC GODS
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Knowing the cruelty of his Aztec captors as well as he did, Tlahuicol had hoped for no mercy from the first. He even attempted to hasten the fate that he foresaw was inevitable, by bitter denunciations of the Aztec priesthood and their horrid rites. Even Topil, the chief priest, whom Montezuma sent to the prisoner with the hope that his awful threats might terrify the bold warrior into an acceptance of his terms, was treated with such scornful contempt, that when he returned to his royal master the priest's dark face was livid with rage. Under penalty of the wrath of the gods, which should be called down upon the whole nation in case his request was not granted, Topil then and there demanded that not only the impious warrior, but his family as well, should be delivered to him for sacrifice.
To this the monarch granted a reluctant consent, only stipulating that they should be reserved for the greatest and most important feasts of the year, and that their fate should not be announced to them until the very hour of sacrifice. Although Topil agreed to these terms, he had no intention of keeping his word. The opportunity of prolonging his enemies' sufferings by anticipation was too precious to be neglected. So he caused the information to be conveyed to Tlahuicol's wife that her husband was doomed to death by torture. At the same time it was intimated, with equal secrecy, to the brave warrior himself, that unless he held himself in readiness to put to death with his own hands a number of Tlascalan captives then awaiting their doom in the dungeons of the great temple, and to lead an Aztec army against the mountain republic, his wife and children should die on the altars of Huitzil. With these cruel threats hanging over them the several members of this unfortunate family were kept apart, and no communication was allowed to pass between them.
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"It is all I ask," replied the prisoner.
The king gave an order to one of the guards and handed him his signet. The soldier departed. In a few minutes he returned accompanied by a tall, finely proportioned youth, of noble bearing, just entering upon manhood. It was Huetzin, who, at sight of his father, whom he had feared was dead, sprang into Tlahuicol's arms, and was enfolded in a close embrace. Quickly releasing himself, the elder man said hurriedly, but in too low a tone for the bystanders to hear:
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