Part 1

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THE AZTEC TREASURE-HOUSE

By Thomas Allibone Janvier

Copyright, 1890, by Harper & Brothers.

All rights reserved.

TO C. A. J.

Departimiento y ha entre los enganos. Catales y ha que son buenos, e tales que malos, e buenos son aquellos que los omnes fazen a buena fe e a buena intencion.--ALONZO el SABIO, Setena Partida, Titulo xvi., Ley ii.

CONTENTS.

PROLOGUE

I. FRAY ANTONIO

II. THE CACIQUE'S SECRET

III. THE MONK'S MANUSCRIPT

IV. MONTEZUMA'S MESSENGER

V. THE ENGINEER AND THE LOST-FREIGHT MAN

VI. THE KING'S SYMBOL

VII. THE FIGHT IN THE CANON

VIII. AFTER THE FIGHT

IX. THE CAVE OF THE DEAD

X. THE SWINGING STATUE

XI. THE SUBMERGED CITY

XII. IN THE VALLEY OF DEATH

XIII. UP THE CHAC-MOOL STAIR

XIV. THE HANGING CHAIN

XV. THE TEMPLE IN THE CLOUDS

XVI. AT THE BARRED PASS

XVII. OF OUR COMING INTO THE VALLY OF AZTLAN

XVIII. THE STRIKING OF A MATCH

XIX. THE SEEDS OF REVOLT