The Fair God: or the Last of the 'Tzins

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Author

Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905

Title

The Fair God; or, The Last of the 'Tzins: A Tale of the Conquest of Mexico

Credits

Produced by KD Weeks, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547 -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

43340

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43340

Release Date

July 28, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Transcriber’s Note — THE FAIR GOD OR, THE LAST OF THE ’TZINS
3. 3.NOTE BY THE AUTHOR.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.INTRODUCTORY.
7. 7.BOOK ONE. — CHAPTER I. OUR MOTHER HAS A FORTUNE WAITING US YONDER. — CHAPTER II. QUETZAL’, THE FAIR GOD — CHAPTER III. A CHALLENGE. — — CHAPTER IV. TENOCHTITLAN AT NIGHT. — CHAPTER V THE CHILD OF THE TEMPLE. — CHAPTER VI. THE CÛ OF QUETZAL’, AND MUALOX, THE PABA. — CHAPTER VII. THE PROPHECY ON THE WALL. — CHAPTER VIII. A BUSINESS MAN IN TENOCHTITLAN. — CHAPTER IX. THE QUESTIONER OF THE MORNING. — CHAPTER X. GOING TO THE COMBAT. — CHAPTER XI. THE COMBAT. — CHAPTER XII. MUALOX AND HIS WORLD. — CHAPTER XIII. THE SEARCH FOR QUETZAL’.
8. 8.BOOK TWO. — CHAPTER I. WHO ARE THE STRANGERS? — CHAPTER II. A TEZCUCAN LOVER — CHAPTER III THE BANISHMENT OF GUATAMOZIN — CHAPTER IV GUATAMOZIN AT HOME — CHAPTER V NIGHT AT THE CHALCAN’S — CHAPTER VI THE CHINAMPA — CHAPTER VII COURT GOSSIP — CHAPTER VIII GUATAMOZIN AND MUALOX — CHAPTER IX A KING’S BANQUET — CHAPTER X THE ’TZIN’S LOVE — CHAPTER XI THE CHANT
9. 9.BOOK THREE. — CHAPTER I THE FIRST COMBAT — CHAPTER II THE SECOND COMBAT — CHAPTER III THE PORTRAIT — CHAPTER IV. THE TRIAL
10. 10.BOOK FOUR. — CHAPTER I THE KING GIVES A TRUST TO HUALPA — CHAPTER II. THE KING AND THE ’TZIN. — CHAPTER III LOVE ON THE LAKE — CHAPTER IV THE KING DEMANDS A SIGN OF MUALOX — CHAPTER V THE MASSACRE IN CHOLULA — CHAPTER VI THE CONQUEROR WILL COME — CHAPTER VII MONTEZUMA GOES TO MEET CORTES — CHAPTER VIII THE ENTRY
11. 11.BOOK FIVE. — CHAPTER I PUBLIC OPINION — CHAPTER II A MESSAGE FROM THE GODS — CHAPTER III HOW ILLS OF STATE BECOME ILLS OF SOCIETY — CHAPTER IV. ENNUYÉ IN THE OLD PALACE. — CHAPTER V ALVARADO FINDS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD — CHAPTER VI THE IRON CROSS — CHAPTER VII THE CHRISTIANS IN THE TOILS — CHAPTER VIII THE IRON CROSS COMES BACK TO ITS GIVER — CHAPTER IX. TRULY WONDERFUL.—A FORTUNATE MAN HATH A MEMORY. — CHAPTER X HOW THE IRON CROSS CAME BACK — CHAPTER XI THE CHRISTIAN TAKES CARE OF HIS OWN
12. 12.BOOK SIX. — CHAPTER I THE LORD HUALPA FLEES HIS FORTUNE — CHAPTER II WHOM THE GODS DESTROY THEY FIRST MAKE MAD — CHAPTER III THE PUBLIC OPINION MAKES WAY — CHAPTER IV THE ’TZIN’S FAREWELL TO QUETZAL’ — CHAPTER V THE CELLS OF QUETZAL’ AGAIN — CHAPTER VI LOST IN THE OLD CÛ. — CHAPTER VII HOW THE HOLY MOTHER HELPS HER CHILDREN — CHAPTER VIII THE PABA’S ANGEL — CHAPTER IX LIFE IN THE PABA’S WORLD — CHAPTER X THE ANGEL BECOMES A BEADSWOMAN — CHAPTER XI. THE PUBLIC OPINION PROCLAIMS ITSELF.—BATTLE.
13. 13.BOOK SEVENTH. — CHAPTER I THE HEART CAN BE WISER THAN THE HEAD — CHAPTER II THE CONQUEROR ON THE CAUSEWAY AGAIN — CHAPTER III LA VIRUELA — CHAPTER IV. MONTEZUMA A PROPHET.—HIS PROPHECY. — CHAPTER V HOW TO YIELD A CROWN — CHAPTER VI IN THE LEAGUER — CHAPTER VII IN THE LEAGUER YET — CHAPTER VIII THE BATTLE OF THE MANTAS — CHAPTER IX. OVER THE WALL,—INTO THE PALACE. — CHAPTER X THE WAY THROUGH THE WALL — CHAPTER XI BATTLE IN THE AIR — CHAPTER XII. IN THE INTERVAL OF THE BATTLE—LOVE. — CHAPTER XIII THE BEGINNING OF THE END — CHAPTER XIV THE KING BEFORE HIS PEOPLE AGAIN — CHAPTER XV THE DEATH OF MONTEZUMA — CHAPTER XVI ADIEU TO THE PALACE — CHAPTER XVII. THE PURSUIT BEGINS. — CHAPTER XVIII LA NOCHE TRISTE
14. 14.FOOTNOTES
15. 15.Transcriber’s Note

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