Works, Volumes 23-24Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 19
... Idols , and on the walls were figured the bodies of many great serpents and snakes and other pictures of evil - looking Idols . These walls surrounded a sort of Altar covered with clotted blood . On the other side of the Idols were ...
... Idols , and on the walls were figured the bodies of many great serpents and snakes and other pictures of evil - looking Idols . These walls surrounded a sort of Altar covered with clotted blood . On the other side of the Idols were ...
Page 97
... idols kept in a certain oratory on Cozumel to which it was the custom of the people of the land to offer sacrifices at that season . One morning the courtyard of the oratory where the Idols were kept was crowded with Indians , and many ...
... idols kept in a certain oratory on Cozumel to which it was the custom of the people of the land to offer sacrifices at that season . One morning the courtyard of the oratory where the Idols were kept was crowded with Indians , and many ...
Page 187
... idols must come to the ground that very day . We were all armed ready for a fight as it was ever our custom to be so , and Cortés told the caciques that the idols must be overthrown . When they saw that we were in earnest , the fat ...
... idols must come to the ground that very day . We were all armed ready for a fight as it was ever our custom to be so , and Cortés told the caciques that the idols must be overthrown . When they saw that we were in earnest , the fat ...
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Aguilar Alaminos Alonzo already anchor arrived arrow wound asked attack Ávila barter battle beads Bernal Díaz boats brought Caciques called canoes Cape Catoche Captain carried Cempoala Chanpoton CHAPTER chief coast Coatzacoalcos conquest Cortés ordered Cozumel Cristóbal crossbows Cruz Diego de Ordás Diego Velásquez Doña Marina expedition EXTRACTS FROM INTRODUCTION fat Cacique fleet Francisco de Lugo Francisco de Montejo Francisco Hernández gave gold Gomara Gonzalo Governor Guatemala happened Havana Hernández de Córdova Hernando Cortés horses Idols Indians Isla Island of Cuba Juan de Grijalva killed knew lances land leagues leave Lord maize Majesty March Maya Mexicans Mexico Montezuma Nahua named natives Pedro de Alvarado pilot port Potonchan province Rio de Grijalva river sail Santiago de Cuba sent ships shore soldiers soon Spain Spaniards story sword Tabasco tell things Tlaxcalans told took town TRANSLATOR Trinidad vessels voyage warriors wished Yucatan