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CONTENTS.
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| CHAPTER XIX. | |
| A DECADE OF CHURCH MATTERS. | |
| 1530-1540. | |
| Troubles of Bishop Zumárraga — He Goes to Spain — His Consecration and Return to Mexico — First Churches in the Capital — Uncertain Priority and Sites — The First Cathedral — Necessity of More Bishoprics — Dioceses of Oajaca and Michoacan Established — Franciscan Progress — Custodia of Santo Evangelio Raised to a Province — Labors of the Padres — Dominican Provincia Established — Unseemly Strife — Successful Propagandism — Arrival of Augustinians — Labors and Hardships — Provincia Established — Miraculous Shrine at Chalma — Dagon Overthrown — The Virgin of Guadalupe — A Glorious Vision — A Modest Shrine and a Costly Church — A Wonderful Painting — Multitudes of Converts — Secret Idolatry | 386 |
| CHAPTER XX. | |
| FUTILE ATTEMPTS TOWARD DISCOVERY. | |
| 1530-1540. | |
| Authority of Cortés Curtailed — Indian Conspiracy Suppressed — Disturbances in Oajaca — An Empty Title — Cortés and the Colonists of Antequera — Further Disputes with the Audencia — Cortés Persistent — Baffled Efforts at Discovery — High Hopes and a Lowly Dwelling — Misfortune Follows Misfortune — Guzman's Animosity — Cortés Defiant — He Sails Northward — Failure of the Enterprise — Rivalry of Mendoza — Cortes Disgusted — He Returns to Spain | 410 |
| CHAPTER XXI. | |
| CONQUEST OF YUCATAN. | |
| 1527-1549. | |
| Aboriginal Yucatan — Francisco de Montejo Appointed Governor — Battle of Aké — The Spaniards March on Chichen Itza — Alonso de Ávila and his Band in Quest of Gold — His Message to the Lord of Chetumal — The Chieftain's Reply — Ávila's Command Besieged — Their Escape and Departure for Honduras — Montejo Defeated — The Canine Bellringer — Flight of the Spaniards — The Adelantado's Narrow Escape — Gallantry of Blas Gonzalez — The Governor Departs for Tabasco — The Spaniards Driven into the Sea — Montejo Transfers his Rights to his Son — The Spaniards Again Besieged — Torture of Diego and Juan Cansino — Santillan Takes Montejo's Residencia — Missionary Labors. | 428 |
