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Aguilar Amecameca Anahuac ancient arms army arrived attack Aztec battle became bravery Cacamatzin called capital cathedral caused century Chapultepec Chichimecs chief Cholula Church city of Mexico civilization Conquest Cortés court Cruz Cuahtemoc death Diaz Doña early Emperor enemies established feet flowers force French gold Grijalva Guanajuato hands head Hidalgo honor Huitzilopochtli independence Indians Ixtlilxochitl Juarez king kingdom lake land lived lofty Malintzi Marina Maximilian Maxtla Mendoza ment Mexican Michoacan monarch Montezuma Morelos mountain Nahuatl nation native neighboring Nezahualcoyotl Nezahualpilli ornaments palace party peace plateau President prince Puebla Querétaro Quetzalcoatl race received reign religious Republic returned royal ruins Santa Anna seized sent shore sovereign Spain Spaniards Spanish stone STORY strangers surrounded Tarascans temples Tenochtitlan teocalli Tepanecs Texcuco throne tion Tizoc Tlaxcallans Toltecs took town tribes troops Tzintzuntzan Valladolid valley Vera Cruz viceroy warriors Yturbide
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Page 342 - For myself, I was bitterly opposed to the measure, and to this day regard the war, which resulted, as one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation. It was an instance of a republic following the bad example of European monarchies, in not considering justice in their desire to acquire additional territory.
Page 293 - Generally speaking, then, the Mexican Senoras and Senoritas write, read, and play a little, sew, and take care of their houses and children. When I say they read, I mean they know how to read; when I say they write, I do not mean that they can always spell; and when I say they play, I do not assert that they have generally a knowledge of music.
Page 286 - Mexico looks as if it had got a general holiday. Shops shut up, and all business is at a stand. The people, with the utmost apathy, are collected in groups, talking quietly ; the officers are galloping about ; generals, in a somewhat party-coloured dress, with large gray hats, striped pantaloons, old coats, and generals' belts, fine horses, and crimson-coloured velvet saddles.
Page 23 - The distant home of which they all preserved the legend under one name or another, one of which was Aztlan, the musical title given it by the Mexicans, was, perhaps, Atlantis, the broad and mighty realm where mankind in its childhood lived for generations in tranquillity and happiness. Huehue-Tlapallan, Aztlan, Atlantis, these names represent the universal tradition of this early home. The world before the Deluge, the Garden of Eden, the Garden of the Hesperides, the Elysian Fields, Olympus, Asgard,...