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CONTENTS.
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| CHAPTER V. | |
| ON THE WAR-PATH. | |
| A Nation of Warriors.—To Arms!—Armor.—Dress.—Commissary Department.—The Fight for Chapultepec.—The Price of an Election.—Tactics in War.—The Banner of the Tribe.—The Captives.—Triumphal Processions.—Foray in 1497.—Effects of War | 61 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| SACRED PLACES AND PEOPLE. | |
| The Home of the Gods.—Star-Worship.—The One True God.—An Aztec Martyr.—The Temple of Hungry Fox.—The WarGod and his Brother.—The Hearer of Prayer.—Feathered Serpent and his Work.—Too much Pulque.—The Temple of the Fair God.—Great Teocallis.—Priests | 70 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| THE HABITATIONS OF CRUELTY. | |
| The Aztec Hereafter.—Human Sacrifices.—Cannibalism.—Penances.—Self-Sacrifice.—Year-Binding | 83 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| CIVILIZATION OF MEXICO. | |
| Surprising Ignorance.—A New Species of God.—Freight-Carriers.—Merchants.—A Mexican Home.—Currency.—Markets.—Baths.—Gardens.—Tyranny of Custom.—Manners.—Cookery.—Dress.—Appearance.—Art-Work.—Funerals | 92 |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| AMONG THE BOOKS. | |
| Origin of Written Language.—Indian Written Languages Compared.—Varieties in Penmanship.—Mexican Authors.—Their Eomish Imitators.—Celebrated Manuscripts.—Make-Up of an Aztec Book.—Language.—An Indian Poet.—Numeration.—Measurement of Time | 105 |
