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South American Fights and Fighters, and Other Tales of Adventure

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By Cyrus Townsend Brady
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This collection assembles historical narratives and adventure tales that trace early Spanish incursions along the coasts and interiors of Central and South America, recounting voyages, clashes with indigenous peoples, and episodes of conquest centered on prominent explorers and conquistadors; chapters follow expeditions across Panama, Peru and Mexico and examine campaigns, sieges and the collapse of native polities. A second section shifts to American maritime and frontier episodes, presenting a whaler's yarn, notable duels, the cruise of a trading vessel, the career of an early naval commander, a cavern engagement, and a nostalgic essay on boyhood life in the West.


T

Tabascans, the, 116, 123, 134

Tabasco, 122

Tacuba, 190, 199, 206, 216

Tafur, Pedro, 62-65

Talavera, 16, 17

Temixtitan, name for Mexico, 147, 148, 162

Temple of the Sun, at Cuzco, 87

Tenochtitlan, or City of Mexico, 125

the march to, 130-137

Teocalli, 145

Terry, Ex-chief Justice, 256-258

Teules, Aztec name for Cortes and his followers, 136

Texcoco, 136

Tezcatlipoca, Aztec god, 127

Tezcocans, the, 194

Tezcoco, province of, 194; lake of, 195

Thorn, Jonathan, 261-275

Tianguizco, 199

Tlacopan, 128

Tlaloc, Aztec god of waters, 126

Tlaltelulco, 199

Tlascala, 136, 138-140, 141, 190-192

Tascalans, the, 140-144, 166, 191-219

Toltecs, the, 125, 129, 130

Tonquin, the ship, 261-277

Toparca, 92

Torquemada, referred to, 179 (footnote)

Totonacs, the, 136

Toulon, Napoleon at, 74 (footnote)

Treasure, the, of Peru, 64

Trujillo, 53, 66

Tumbez, town of, 65

    Almagro made Governor of, 66

    Pizarro lands at, 68


U

Uraba, Gulf of, 7


V

Valdivia, lieutenant of Francisco Pizarro, 31, 109

Valparaiso, 240, 242

Valsa, the river, 45

Valverde, Fra Vincente de, 80-83; 90, 91, 111

Vega, Garcilasso de la, 63 (footnote)

Vela, Blasco Nuñez, 109

Velasquez, Diego de, 118-121; 131

    Juan, 183-186

Venezuela, Gulf of, 7

Veragua, 5, 13, 27

Vera Cruz, 116, 130, 134, 135

Vespucci, Amerigo, 4


W

Wallace, Lew, quoted, 131, 178

Weeks, Armorer, 269-277

Wells, Samuel, 252

Winsor, 4


X

Xaquixaguana, valley of, 110, 111

Xicalango, traders of, 116

Xicotencatl, 141-143

Xuaca, 85


Y

Yucatan coast, 122

Yucay, mountains of, 100


Z

Zamudio, 20, 31, 32, 35, 38