Their wanderings, 24; ruins of their capital, 26; their resources, 26; language, 27; early faith, 27--Cuernavaca, 28--Toluca, 28--Power of their ruler, 29--Quetzalcoatl, The Shining Snake, 29; legends of his career, 30; possible facts, 32; mystery of his departure, 32; image in the museum, 33; his attributes, 33--Evil days of the Toltecs, 34--The Agave Americana, 34; its properties, 35--Maguey, 35--Xochitl, 36; her beverage, 36--Deterioration of the Toltecs, 37; dates of their wanderings, 37. IV. CHICHIMECS 38-44 A new dynasty, 38--The Chichimecs, 39; occupations and customs, 39--The mark of a warrior, 39--The Serpent of the Clouds, 40--The invasion of Xolotl, 40--Fall of Tollan, 41--Territory of Xolotl, 41--New waves of emigration, 42--Wise rulers, 42--Texcuco, 42--The Aztecs, 43--War with Atzcapotzalco, 44--Kingdom of Texcuco, 44. V. NEZAHUALCOYOTL 45-52 The young prince, 45; in captivity, 45; a faithful friend, 46--Tlaxcaza, 46--The plateau to-day, 46--The Malinche, 46--The Land of Bread, 47--A wise tutor, 47--Maxtla, 48--The homage of Nezahualcoyotl, 48--Maxtla's plot, 48--Open enmity, 49--Nezahualcoyotl's escape, 49; his hiding, 50--Tyranny of Maxtla, 50--The true prince triumphant, 51--Maxtla defeated and killed, 51--The kingdom of Texcuco Acolhuacan, 52. VI. TEXCUCO 53-61 The Golden Age, 53--The government, 53--Council of Music, 53--Texcucan literature, 54--Lost treasures, 54--A royal poet, 55--The Laughing Hill, 56--Artificial lakes, 56--Ruins of Tezcotzinco, 56--Baths of Montezuma, 57--A blot on Nezahualcoyotl's fame, 57; a Mexican Haroun al Raschid, 58; his religion, 59--From anarchy to civilization, 59--Nezahualpilli, 59--Decline of Texcuco, 60--A Texcucan historian, 60--Legend or fact? 61. VII. MICHOACAN 62-69 The Land of Fish, 62--Lonely lakes, 62--Patzcuaro, 63--The Place of Delights, 64--The first settlers, 64--Iré Titatacamé, 65--A dusky princess, 65--Tixiacurí, the first king of Michoacan, 66--The kingdom divided, 66--Tzintzuntzan, 67--The glorious reign of Zovanga, 67--A city of birds, 67--Fruitless excavations, 68--The Tarascans, 68. VIII. MAYAS 70-82 The first wave of migration, 70--Traces of Mayas in Yucatan, 70--A great empire, 71--Nachan, the town of serpents, 72; its ruins discovered, 72--Palace at Palenque, 72--Lofty chambers and strange bas-reliefs, 73--The Temple of the Cross, 74--An emblem of Christian faith, 75--Meaning of the tablets, 75--Chichen-Itza, 76--A religious centre, 77--Paintings and bas-reliefs, 78--Chaak Mool, the tiger-chief, 78--The beautiful Kinich, 78--Tomb of Chaak Mool, 78--Paved roads of Yucatan, 79--Votan and Zamna, 80--Mayan legends, 80--Weapons and armor, 81--War with the Toltecs, 82. IX.