The Port FolioEditor and Asbury Dickens, 1817 |
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Pagina 129
... idols . When they were informed of the great power of your ma- jesty , they made known to me their complaints against Montezu- ma , requested my friendship , offered to submit , and begged my protection . As I have treated them well and ...
... idols . When they were informed of the great power of your ma- jesty , they made known to me their complaints against Montezu- ma , requested my friendship , offered to submit , and begged my protection . As I have treated them well and ...
Pagina 132
... idols of various forms . This tower was sur- rounded by more than a thousand wagon loads of wood , cut and piled in order , on which account we gave to this mountain the name of the Mountain of Wood . On descending it we traversed a ...
... idols of various forms . This tower was sur- rounded by more than a thousand wagon loads of wood , cut and piled in order , on which account we gave to this mountain the name of the Mountain of Wood . On descending it we traversed a ...
Pagina 135
... idols , and the following morning at day - break , leaving my artillery under a guard of two hundred men , and taking with me the cav- alry , one hundred infantry , and seven hundred Indians , I marched against the enemy before they had ...
... idols , and the following morning at day - break , leaving my artillery under a guard of two hundred men , and taking with me the cav- alry , one hundred infantry , and seven hundred Indians , I marched against the enemy before they had ...
Pagina 144
... idols , one of which was held in peculiar veneration . The principal temple was higher than that of Mexico , and each of these buildings was placed in a spacious court . - B . Diaz , p . 124 . back accompanied by the nobleman who had ...
... idols , one of which was held in peculiar veneration . The principal temple was higher than that of Mexico , and each of these buildings was placed in a spacious court . - B . Diaz , p . 124 . back accompanied by the nobleman who had ...
Pagina 196
... idols had predicted , that men should come from distant parts where the sun rises to subjugate the country , and that they believed us to be those of whom their gods had spoken . " came , and from what you have told us of 196 LETTER ...
... idols had predicted , that men should come from distant parts where the sun rises to subjugate the country , and that they believed us to be those of whom their gods had spoken . " came , and from what you have told us of 196 LETTER ...
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