It was answered by the battle-cry of every Spaniard in the city, as rushing from the avenues of the great halls in which they were concealed, they poured into the plaza, horse and foot, each in his own dark column, and threw themselves into the midst... The United States Democratic Review - Page 1371847Full view - About this book
| William Hickling Prescott - Incas - 1847 - 714 pages
...as, rushing from the avenues of the great halls in which they were concealed, they poured into tlae plaza, horse and foot, each in his own dark column, and threw themselves into the midst of the lndian crowd. The latter, taken by surprise, stunned by the report of artillery and muskets, the echoes... | |
| William Hickling Prescott - Incas - 1855 - 580 pages
...shouted the old war-cry of " St. Jago and at them." It was answered by the battle-cry of every Span iard in the city, as, rushing from the avenues of the great...themselves into the midst of the Indian crowd. The latter, taken by surprise, stunned by the report of artillery and muskets, the echoes of which reverberated... | |
| Half hours - 1856 - 650 pages
...fatal gun was fired from the fortress. Then, springing into the square, the Spanish captain and hi? followers shouted the old war-cry of " St. Jago and...themselves into the midst of the Indian crowd. The latter, taken by surprise, stunned by the report of artillery and muskets, the echoes of which reverberated... | |
| Half hours - 1856 - 358 pages
...shouted the old war-cry of " St. Jago and at them ! " It was answered by th: Dattlc-cry of every Spamard in the city, as, rushing from the avenues of the great...themselves into the midst of the Indian crowd. The latter, taken by surprise, stunned by the report of artillery and muskets, the echoes of which reverberated... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 pages
...is, the fields are filling with Indians ? Set on at once ; I absolve you.' Pizarro saw that the hour had come. He waved a white scarf in the air, the appointed...themselves into the midst of the Indian crowd. The latter, taken by surprise, stunned by the report of artillery and muskets, the echoes of which reverberated... | |
| Ross Winans - Christianity - 1873 - 496 pages
...— " my God still lives in the heavens, and looks down on his children." Pizarro saw that the hour had come. He waved a white scarf in the air, the appointed...themselves into the midst of the Indian crowd. The latter, taken by surprise, stunned by the report of arfillery and muskets, the echoes of which reverberated... | |
| De Robigne Mortimer Bennett - Christian biography - 1878 - 1146 pages
...thousand unarmed attendants, soon appeared in the grand plaza of Caxamarca. " Pizarro saw that the hour had come. He waved a white scarf in the air, the appointed...themselves into the midst of the Indian crowd. The latter, taken by surprise, stunned by the report of artillery and muskets, the echoes of which reverberated... | |
| Robert Chambers - American literature - 1881 - 856 pages
...great halls in which they were concealed, they poured into the phi /a. horse and foot, each in hie own dark column, and threw themselves into the midst of the Indian crowd. The latter, taken by surprise, stunned by the report of artillery and muskets, the echoes of which reverberated... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford - Literature - 1888 - 420 pages
...is, the fields are filling with Indians ? Set on at once ; I absolve you." Pizarro saw that the hour had come. He waved a white scarf in the air, the appointed...themselves into the midst of the Indian crowd. The latter, taken by surprise, stunned by the report of artillery and muskets, the echoes of which reverberated... | |
| Children - 1888 - 248 pages
...is, the fields are filling with Indians ? Set on at once ! I absolve you.' Pizarro saw that the hour had come. He waved a white scarf in the air, the appointed...threw themselves into the midst of the Indian crowd. 16. "The latter, taken by surprise, stunned by the report of artillery and muskets, the echoes of which... | |
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