The Aztec Treasure-House

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Author

Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone), 1849-1913

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Produced by Geetu Melwani, Chuck Greif, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Indians of Mexico -- Fiction

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eBook-No.

21618

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21618

Release Date

May 26, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE AZTEC TREASURE-HOUSE
2. 2.By Thomas Allibone Janvier — Copyright, 1890, by Harper & Brothers . — All rights reserved. — TO C. A. J. — The Dying Cacique.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.THE AZTEC TREASURE-HOUSE
6. 6.PROLOGUE.
7. 7.I. — FRAY ANTONIO.
8. 8.II. — THE CACIQUE'S SECRET.
9. 9.III. — THE MONK'S MANUSCRIPT.
10. 10.IV. — MONTEZUMA'S MESSENGER. — THE LETTER FROM THE DEAD.
11. 11.V. — THE ENGINEER AND THE LOST-FREIGHT MAN.
12. 12.VI. — THE KING'S SYMBOL. — PACKING IN THE CORRAL
13. 13.VII. — THE FIGHT IN THE CAÑON. — THE FIGHT IN THE CAÑON
14. 14.VIII. — AFTER THE FIGHT.
15. 15.IX. — THE CAVE OF THE DEAD. — THE CAVE OF THE DEAD
16. 16.X. — THE SWINGING STATUE.
17. 17.XI. — THE SUBMERGED CITY. — AFLOAT ON THE LAKE
18. 18.XII. — IN THE VALLEY OF DEATH.
19. 19.XIII. — UP THE CHAC-MOOL STAIR. — EL SABIO'S PREDICAMENT
20. 20.XIV. — THE HANGING CHAIN.
21. 21.XV. — THE TEMPLE IN THE CLOUDS.
22. 22.XVI. — AT THE BARRED PASS. — MAKING THE PEACE-SIGN
23. 23.XVII. — OF OUR COMING INTO THE VALLEY OF AZTLAN. — THE FULFILMENT OF THE PROPHECY
24. 24.XVIII. — THE STRIKING OF A MATCH. — THE STRIKING OF A MATCH
25. 25.XIX. — THE SEEDS OF REVOLT.
26. 26.XX. — THE PRIEST CAPTAIN'S SUMMONS. — CHECKING YOUNG'S OUTBREAK
27. 27.XXI. — THE WALLED CITY OF CULHUACAN.
28. 28.XXII. — THE OUTBREAK OF REVOLUTION.
29. 29.XXIII. — A RESCUE.
30. 30.XXIV. — THE AFFAIR AT THE WATER-GATE — THE LEAP FROM ABOVE THE WATER-GATE
31. 31.XXV. — THE GOLD-MINERS OF HUITZILAN. — THE TLAHUICOS AND THEIR GUARDS
32. 32.XXVI. — THE GATHERING FOR WAR.
33. 33.XXVII. — AN OFFER OF TERMS.
34. 34.XXVIII. — THE SURRENDER OF A LIFE. — IN THE GATE-WAY OF THE CITADEL
35. 35.XXIX. — THE ASSAULT IN THE NIGHT. — THE LAST RALLY
36. 36.XXX. — THE FALL OF THE CITADEL.
37. 37.XXXI. — DEFEAT.
38. 38.XXXII. — EL SABIO'S DEFIANCE. — EL SABIO'S DEFIANCE
39. 39.XXXIII. — IN THE AZTEC TREASURE-HOUSE.
40. 40.XXXIV. — A MARTYRDOM. — FRAY ANTONIO'S APPEAL
41. 41.XXXV. — THE TREASURE-CHAMBER.
42. 42.XXXVI. — THE VENGEANCE OF THE GODS. — YOUNG'S STRUGGLE WITH THE PRIEST CAPTAIN
43. 43.XXXVII. — THROUGH DARKNESS TO LIGHT.
44. 44.XXXVIII. — KING CHALTZANTZIN'S TREASURE.
45. 45.EPILOGUE. — IN THE LIBRARY BEFORE THE OPEN FIRE

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