AZTECS 83-95 Best known of the Anahuac tribes, 83--Aztlan, 83--The migration, 84--Six centuries of wanderings, 84--The name Mexican, 84,--Their adopted home, 84--Chapultepec, 86--Driven to the islands, 87--A wretched life, 87--Valor of the slaves, 87--An abiding city, 87--Tenochtitlan, or Mexico, 88--Advances in civilization, 88--Results of modern research, 89--A king chosen, 90--Early years of the kingdom, 91--The Princess of Cloth, 92--_Canoas_, 92--Chimalpopoca, 94--The usurpation, 94--Maxtla, 95. X. MEXICANS 96-110 Itzcoatl, 96--Alliance with Texcuco, 96--War with Maxtla, 96--Victory of the allies, 97--Fall of the Tepanec monarchy, 97--"The Valley Confederates," 98--Reign of Motecuhzoma, 98--Height of the Mexican power, 98--Conquest of the Chalcas, 99--Inundation and famine, 99--Raid upon neighboring provinces, 100--Laws of Motecuhzoma, 100; his successor, 101--Tizoc, 101--The Drinking-cup of the Eagle, 101--Human sacrifice, 102--Temple built by Tizoc, 105--Dikes, 105--A despot, 106--Extent of the kingdom, 106--Religious fanaticism, 108--Doubtful records, 109. XI. AZTEC CHARACTER 111-123 Unreliable testimony, 111--Hieroglyphics, 111--Paintings, 112--"Wanderings of the Aztecs," 112--Religion, 114--A future life, 114--Funeral customs, 114--Domestic life, 115--Laws, 115--Music, 115--The Aztec calendar, 115--Divisions of time, 116--Names of days, etc., 117--Opinions of antiquarians, 117--The cycle, 118--Unlucky days, 118--Agriculture, 119--Irrigation, 119--A gentle race, 120--The Priestesses, 121--Coatlicue, the goddess of the earth, 122--Source of Aztec greatness, 122--A fatal policy, 123. XII. THE LAST OF THE MONTEZUMAS 124-134 Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin, 124; his character, 124--A coronation festival, 125--Royal robes, 125--The life of an Aztec king, 126; his capital, 126--Diaz's description, 127--A life of pleasure, 128--State correspondence, 128--Chapultepec, 129--Montezuma's cypress, 129--Clouds on the horizon, 130--Sinister predictions, 130--The coming of the white men, 131--An unhappy monarch, 131--Landing of the strangers, 132--Velasquez de Léon, 132; his expedition to Yucatan, 133--Grijalva visits Mexico, 133--Montezuma's embassy, 133. XIII. CORTÉS 135-144