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CONTENTS.
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| CHAPTER I. | |
| A HIDDEN CONTINENT. | |
| Columbus the Pathfinder.—The first Sight of Mexicans.—The Delusion of the Age.—Mexico before the Conquest.—Geography of the Country.—Climate.—Productions | 17 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| EARLY SETTLERS OF MEXICO. | |
| Votan—Whom did he Find in Mexico?—Old Paths thither.—A New Nation.—Toltec Remains.—The History of a Word | 29 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| THE VALLEY REPEOPLED. | |
| Village Indians.—Dialects.—Aztecs.—Maps and Histories.—Character.—Mexico Founded.—The City Described.—Tezcuco.—Ruined Cities.—Communistic Society.—Pueblos | 36 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| LAWS AND LAWGIVERS. | |
| Mistakes of Early Historians.—Indian Republics.—Modern Indian Communism.—The Aztec Clan.—Secession.—The Tezcucans.—The Confederacy.—Tribal Council.—The Chief-of Men.—Tribal Laws | 50 |
