Lives of Celebrated American IndiansG.C. Rand & Avery, 1852 - 315 páginas |
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... Spanish conquer . ors , and at a period when the inhabitants of that coun- try were still in the rudest and most barbarous state of existence , there suddenly appeared on one of the islands of the lake Titicaca , two persons , clothed ...
... Spanish conquer . ors , and at a period when the inhabitants of that coun- try were still in the rudest and most barbarous state of existence , there suddenly appeared on one of the islands of the lake Titicaca , two persons , clothed ...
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... Spanish historians are to be received with suspicion in these matters , as they were under a strong temptation to blacken the character of a person whom their country- men treated with such wanton injustice and cruelty . In Atahualpa ...
... Spanish historians are to be received with suspicion in these matters , as they were under a strong temptation to blacken the character of a person whom their country- men treated with such wanton injustice and cruelty . In Atahualpa ...
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... Spanish historian , Herrera , with great simplicity , " the natives had time enough to secure , if they had thought fit ; but as they had done no harm to the strangers , they never imagined they would hurt them , but supposed they ...
... Spanish historian , Herrera , with great simplicity , " the natives had time enough to secure , if they had thought fit ; but as they had done no harm to the strangers , they never imagined they would hurt them , but supposed they ...
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... Spanish chieftain . Without hesitation , he formed a design to seize upon the person of the Inca , and , by that event , to acquire the means as well as a pretext for his scheme of unlimited usurpation , conquest and plunder . Never ...
... Spanish chieftain . Without hesitation , he formed a design to seize upon the person of the Inca , and , by that event , to acquire the means as well as a pretext for his scheme of unlimited usurpation , conquest and plunder . Never ...
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... Spanish quarters . Atahualpa was preceded by four hundred men , covered with plates of gold and silver and precious stones . He was carried on a throne of burnished gold , adorned with plumes of various colors . Next followed the ...
... Spanish quarters . Atahualpa was preceded by four hundred men , covered with plates of gold and silver and precious stones . He was carried on a throne of burnished gold , adorned with plumes of various colors . Next followed the ...
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abandoned Abipones alarm Americans appears Araucanians arms army arrived Atahualpa attack battle began Black Hawk body Brant British brother Cabinet Library cacique canoes Caupolican chief Cofachiqui commander Cortez council countrymen courage Cuzco death despatched emperor empire enemy English escaped expedition father fell fight fire fled followed force frontier garrison gave gold hands head honor horses hostile Huascar Huayna Capac hundred iards Ietan immediately Inca Indians inhabitants instantly invaders Itzcoatl Jamestown killed king lake land Lautaro Manco Capac manner Mayta Capac Mexicans Mexico militia Montezuma nation natives neighborhood Opechancanough ordered party peace Peru Peruvians Philip Pizarro Pocahontas Pontiac possession Powhatan prisoner quarters Quetzalcoatl received replied retreat river rushed sagacity savage sent Smith Soto Spaniards Spanish spirit sword Tascaluza Tecumseh Tepanecan territory tion told tomahawk took town treachery treaty tribes troops Tucapel Tupac Amaru visited Vitachuco warriors whole wigwam Xolotl