South American Fights and Fighters, and Other Tales of Adventure. Cyrus Townsend Brady
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PART I
SOUTH AMERICAN FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS
| PAGE | |
| PANAMA AND THE KNIGHTS-ERRANT OF COLONIZATION | |
| I. THE SPANISH MAIN | 3 |
| II. THE DON QUIXOTE OF DISCOVERERS AND HIS RIVAL | 5 |
| III. THE ADVENTURES OF OJEDA | 10 |
| IV. ENTER ONE VASCO NUÑEZ DE BALBOA | 17 |
| V. THE DESPERATE STRAITS OF NICUESA | 20 |
| PANAMA, BALBOA AND A FORGOTTEN ROMANCE | |
| I. THE COMING OF THE DEVASTATOR | 31 |
| II. THE GREATEST EXPLOIT SINCE COLUMBUS'S VOYAGE | 34 |
| III. "FUROR DOMINI" | 42 |
| IV. THE END OF BALBOA | 44 |
| PERU AND THE PIZARROS | |
| I. THE CHIEF SCION OF A FAMOUS FAMILY | 53 |
| II. THE TERRIBLE PERSISTENCE OF PIZARRO | 57 |
| III. "A COMMUNISTIC DESPOTISM" | 68 |
| IV. THE TREACHEROUS AND BLOODY MASSACRE OF CAXAMARCA | 73 |
| V. THE RANSOM AND MURDER OF THE INCA | 85 |
| VI. THE INCA AND THE PERUVIANS STRIKE VAINLY FOR FREEDOM | 93 |
| VII. "THE MEN OF CHILI" AND THE CIVIL WARS | 102 |
| VIII. THE MEAN END OF THE GREAT CONQUISTADOR | 105 |
| IX. THE LAST OF THE BRETHREN | 108 |
| THE GREATEST ADVENTURE IN HISTORY | |
| I. THE CHIEF OF ALL THE SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE | 115 |
| II. THE EXPEDITION TO MEXICO | 120 |
| III. THE RELIGION OF THE AZTECS | 125 |
| IV. THE MARCH TO TENOCHTITLAN | 130 |
| V. THE REPUBLIC OF TLASCALA | 138 |
| VI. CORTES'S DESCRIPTION OF MEXICO | 147 |
| VII. THE MEETING WITH MONTEZUMA | 162 |
| VIII. THE SEIZURE OF THE EMPEROR | 171 |
| IX. THE REVOLT OF THE CAPITAL | 174 |
| X. IN GOD'S WAY | 177 |
| XI. THE MELANCHOLY NIGHT | 182 |
| XII. THE SIEGE AND DESTRUCTION OF MEXICO | 194 |
| XIII. A DAY OF DESPERATE FIGHTING | 198 |
| XIV. THE LAST MEXICAN | 215 |
| XV. THE END OF CORTES | 218 |
PART II
OTHER TALES OF ADVENTURE
| THE YARN OF THE "ESSEX," WHALER | 231 |
| SOME FAMOUS AMERICAN DUELS | 245 |
| I. A TRAGEDY OF OLD NEW YORK | 246 |
| II. ANDREW JACKSON AS A DUELLIST | 248 |