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| CHAPTER X. | |
| CHILD-LIFE IN MEXICO. | |
| Endurance.—Obedience to Parents.—Penances.—An Indian Baby.—Naming a Man.—Housekeeping in Anahuac.—Steps in Education.—Discipline.—Public Schools.—Girls' Work in the Temple.—Boys' Work.—Amusements.—Mimic War.—Fishing-Day.—Snaring Game.—Cadet-Life.—GraduatingDay.—Marriage.—A Midnight Bevel.—Motherly Care.—Sick Children.—Baby-Victims.—The Youth of Hungry Fox | 113 |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| A GATHERING CLOUD. | |
| Strange News in Mexico.—Aztec Tyranny.—Old Hopes Revived.—Portents.—Montezuma's Fear.—The Earliest Spanish Colonies.—Slave-Hunts.—Grijalva's Expedition.—Hernandez Cortez.—Unwelcome Guests.—Soldier-Missionaries.—First Lessons in Christianity | 128 |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| NEW SPAIN. | |
| A Cool Reception.—Taking Possession with the Sword.—The First Tribute.—Palm Sunday.—A Welcome at Last.—The Camp on the Beach.—Teuthile.—Marina, the first American Christian.—Presents to Montezuma.—Startling Despatches.—Presents sent Home to Spain.—" Come no Farther."—First Sermon to Aztecs.—A Great Surprise.—Totonacan Visitors.—Exploration | 140 |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| CEMPOALLA TO TLASCALA. | |
| New Seville.—Hospitalities.—New Allies.—Cortez as a Missionary.—The New Encampment.—The Thin Edge of a Wedge.—Anxiety in Mexico.—Another Aztec Embassy.—Breach Widens Between Old Foes.—Spanish Duplicity.—A Eeligious Visit.—Change of Public Sentiment in Mexico.—March from Cempoalla.—Sinking the Ships.—Beauties of the Eoad.—A Frigid Zone.—A Highland Chief.—Tlascala.—A Week of Battles.—Spanish Victories in Peace and in War | 151 |
