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... troops . His strength , even after it was reinforced Number of by the junction of Sandoval and the garrison of Vera Cruz , did not exceed two hundred and fifty men . As he hoped for success chiefly from the rapidity of his motions , his ...
... troops . His strength , even after it was reinforced Number of by the junction of Sandoval and the garrison of Vera Cruz , did not exceed two hundred and fifty men . As he hoped for success chiefly from the rapidity of his motions , his ...
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... troops , most of his soldiers having converted their share of the Mexican gold into chains , bracelets , and other ornaments , which they displayed with military ostentation . Nar- vaez and a little junto of his creatures ex- cepted ...
... troops , most of his soldiers having converted their share of the Mexican gold into chains , bracelets , and other ornaments , which they displayed with military ostentation . Nar- vaez and a little junto of his creatures ex- cepted ...
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... only two sentinels to watch the motions of an enemy whom he had such good cause to dread . One of these was seized by the advanced guard of Cortes's troops , the U V. 1520 . BOOK other made his escape , and HISTORY OF AMERICA . 11.
... only two sentinels to watch the motions of an enemy whom he had such good cause to dread . One of these was seized by the advanced guard of Cortes's troops , the U V. 1520 . BOOK other made his escape , and HISTORY OF AMERICA . 11.
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... troops of Cortes . Those who had sallied out with their leader now maintained the con- flict feebly , and began to surrender . Among the remainder of his soldiers , stationed in two smaller towers of the temple , terror and con- fusion ...
... troops of Cortes . Those who had sallied out with their leader now maintained the con- flict feebly , and began to surrender . Among the remainder of his soldiers , stationed in two smaller towers of the temple , terror and con- fusion ...
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... troops ; and though he was permitted to advance without opposition , the solitude and silence which reigned in every place , and the horror with which the people avoided all intercourse with him , discovered a deep - rooted antipathy ...
... troops ; and though he was permitted to advance without opposition , the solitude and silence which reigned in every place , and the horror with which the people avoided all intercourse with him , discovered a deep - rooted antipathy ...
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Page 132 - In such a contest the issue was obvious. The force of arms triumphed over the authority of laws. Atahualpa remained victorious, and made a cruel use of his victory. Conscious of the defect in his own title to the crown, he attempted to exterminate the royal race, by putting to death all the children of the sun descended from Manco Capac, whom he could seize either by force or stratagem. From a political motive, the life of his unfortunate rival Huascar, who had been taken prisoner in a battle which...
Page 74 - ARGUMENTS, entreaties, and promises were tured. employed in order to soothe them, but with so little effect, that Cortes, from solicitude to check this growing spirit of discontent, gave way to a deed which stains the glory of all his great actions. Without regarding the former dignity of Guatimozin, or feeling any reverence for those virtues which he had displayed, he subjected the unhappy monarch, together with his chief favourite, to torture, in order to force from them a discovery of the royal...
Page 62 - Astonished and disconcerted with the length and difficulties of the siege, Cortes determined to make one great effort to get possession of the city, before he relinquished the plan which he had hitherto followed, and had recourse to any other mode of attack. With this view, he sent instructions to Alvarado and Sandoval to advance with their divisions to a general assault, and took the command in person of that posted on the causeway of Cuyocan. Animated by his presence, and the expectation of some...
Page 200 - Pizarro, when he did not find the bark at the confluence of the Napo and Maragnon, where he had ordered Orellana to wait for him. He would not allow himself to suspect...
Page 197 - Napo, one of the large rivers whose waters pour into the Maragnon, and contribute to its grandeur. There, with infinite labour, they built a bark, which they expected would prove of great utility, in conveying them over rivers, in procuring provisions, and in exploring the country. This was manned with fifty soldiers, under the command of Francis Orellana, the officer next in rank to Pizarro.
Page 316 - This character hath descended to their posterity. The Indians of Peru are now more tame and depressed than any people of America. Their feeble spirits, relaxed in lifeless inaction, seem hardly capable of any bold or manly exertion.
Page 295 - Divine beneficence, the rites and observances which they deemed acceptable to him were innocent and humane. They offered to the Sun a part of those productions which his genial warmth had called forth from the bosom of the earth, and reared to maturity. They sacrificed, as an oblation of gratitude, some of the animals which were indebted to his influence for nourishment. They presented to him choice specimens of those works of ingenuity which his light had guided the hand of man in forming. But the...
Page 140 - As the Inca drew near the Spanish quarters, Father Vincent Valverde, chaplain to the expedition, advanced with a crucifix in one hand, and a breviary in the other, and in a long discourse...
Page 146 - ... ransom directly to Caxamalca. Though Atahualpa was now in the custody of his enemies, yet so much were the Peruvians accustomed to respect every mandate issued by their sovereign, that his orders were executed with the greatest alacrity. Soothed with hopes of...
Page 195 - ... great hardships in the cold and barren regions of the Andes, and others suffered distress not inferior amidst the woods and marshes of the plains, they made discoveries and conquests which not only extended their knowledge of the country, but added considerably to the territories of Spain in the New World. Pedro de Valdivia took up Almagro's scheme of invading Chili, and, notwithstanding...