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... of mounted dragoons and firing of guns , with which the Spanish commander thought fit to astonish him and the other na- tives . Sketches were taken of the appearance of the strangers , in BUTLERS order to be sent to Montezuma , the king.
... of mounted dragoons and firing of guns , with which the Spanish commander thought fit to astonish him and the other na- tives . Sketches were taken of the appearance of the strangers , in BUTLERS order to be sent to Montezuma , the king.
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... appeared in public , his subjects veiled their faces as un- * Besides the ordinary sacrifice in which the victim's heart was cut out and laid on the altar , there was a gladiatorial sacrifice , where the victim contended with a ...
... appeared in public , his subjects veiled their faces as un- * Besides the ordinary sacrifice in which the victim's heart was cut out and laid on the altar , there was a gladiatorial sacrifice , where the victim contended with a ...
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... appeared in Anahuac a divine personage called Quetzalcoatl . He was a man of benevolent aspect , tall in stature , with a white complexion , long dark hair , and a flowing beard ; and he came from the East . He resided in Anahuac for ...
... appeared in Anahuac a divine personage called Quetzalcoatl . He was a man of benevolent aspect , tall in stature , with a white complexion , long dark hair , and a flowing beard ; and he came from the East . He resided in Anahuac for ...
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... appeared before it , with his cap doffed , and formally resigned his commission from Velasquez into its hands . He then withdrew ; but after a short time was recalled , and informed that he had been unanimously ap- pointed by them , in ...
... appeared before it , with his cap doffed , and formally resigned his commission from Velasquez into its hands . He then withdrew ; but after a short time was recalled , and informed that he had been unanimously ap- pointed by them , in ...
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... appearance of justice to the daring act which they contem- plated . Cortes had just received intelligence that a battle had been fought between the garrison which he had left at Villa Rica , and a body of Mexicans under the command of ...
... appearance of justice to the daring act which they contem- plated . Cortes had just received intelligence that a battle had been fought between the garrison which he had left at Villa Rica , and a body of Mexicans under the command of ...
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