PROLOGUE.
I.
FRAY ANTONIO.
II.
THE CACIQUE'S SECRET.
III.
THE MONK'S MANUSCRIPT.
IV.
MONTEZUMA'S MESSENGER.
THE LETTER FROM THE DEAD.
V.
THE ENGINEER AND THE LOST-FREIGHT MAN.
VI.
THE KING'S SYMBOL.
PACKING IN THE CORRAL
VII.
THE FIGHT IN THE CAÑON.
THE FIGHT IN THE CAÑON
VIII.
AFTER THE FIGHT.
IX.
THE CAVE OF THE DEAD.
THE CAVE OF THE DEAD
X.
THE SWINGING STATUE.
XI.
THE SUBMERGED CITY.
AFLOAT ON THE LAKE
XII.
IN THE VALLEY OF DEATH.
XIII.
UP THE CHAC-MOOL STAIR.
EL SABIO'S PREDICAMENT
XIV.
THE HANGING CHAIN.
XV.
THE TEMPLE IN THE CLOUDS.
XVI.
AT THE BARRED PASS.
MAKING THE PEACE-SIGN
XVII.
OF OUR COMING INTO THE VALLEY OF AZTLAN.
THE FULFILMENT OF THE PROPHECY
XVIII.
THE STRIKING OF A MATCH.
THE STRIKING OF A MATCH
XIX.
THE SEEDS OF REVOLT.
XX.
THE PRIEST CAPTAIN'S SUMMONS.
CHECKING YOUNG'S OUTBREAK
XXI.
THE WALLED CITY OF CULHUACAN.
XXII.
THE OUTBREAK OF REVOLUTION.
XXIII.
A RESCUE.
XXIV.
THE AFFAIR AT THE WATER-GATE
THE LEAP FROM ABOVE THE WATER-GATE
XXV.
THE GOLD-MINERS OF HUITZILAN.
THE TLAHUICOS AND THEIR GUARDS
XXVI.
THE GATHERING FOR WAR.
XXVII.
AN OFFER OF TERMS.
XXVIII.
THE SURRENDER OF A LIFE.
IN THE GATE-WAY OF THE CITADEL
XXIX.
THE ASSAULT IN THE NIGHT.
THE LAST RALLY
XXX.
THE FALL OF THE CITADEL.
XXXI.
DEFEAT.
XXXII.
EL SABIO'S DEFIANCE.
EL SABIO'S DEFIANCE
XXXIII.
IN THE AZTEC TREASURE-HOUSE.
XXXIV.
A MARTYRDOM.
FRAY ANTONIO'S APPEAL
XXXV.
THE TREASURE-CHAMBER.
XXXVI.
THE VENGEANCE OF THE GODS.
YOUNG'S STRUGGLE WITH THE PRIEST CAPTAIN
XXXVII.
THROUGH DARKNESS TO LIGHT.
XXXVIII.
KING CHALTZANTZIN'S TREASURE.
EPILOGUE.
IN THE LIBRARY BEFORE THE OPEN FIRE