The Luck of Huemac: A Novel about the AztecsHuemac has foreknowledge of the disaster approaching Tenochtitlan, as Cortez and his army march toward the city. |
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... foreigners came to Mexico in the thirteenth month of One - Reed , the month called Quecholli , the Red Spoonbill . Moteczuma had tried three more times to convince them to turn back , sending rich gifts of the gold the foreigners loved ...
... foreigners came to Mexico in the thirteenth month of One - Reed , the month called Quecholli , the Red Spoonbill . Moteczuma had tried three more times to convince them to turn back , sending rich gifts of the gold the foreigners loved ...
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... foreigners should have no reason for alarm at the assembly of warriors . And it was also true that the foreigners appeared to be in greater disarray than at any time since their arrival . Another fleet of the great boats used by the ...
... foreigners should have no reason for alarm at the assembly of warriors . And it was also true that the foreigners appeared to be in greater disarray than at any time since their arrival . Another fleet of the great boats used by the ...
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... foreigners had fought their way across the second canal , and more poured down stones and arrows from the surrounding rooftops . The foreigners ' great deer reared up on their hind legs and plunged recklessly into the crowd of warriors ...
... foreigners had fought their way across the second canal , and more poured down stones and arrows from the surrounding rooftops . The foreigners ' great deer reared up on their hind legs and plunged recklessly into the crowd of warriors ...
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The Gods | 3 |
The Tepanec War 14281440 | 13 |
When People Died in OneRabbit 14501455 | 61 |
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Acolhua Acolmiztli Ahuitzotl arms asked Axayacatl Azcatzin ball began bowed brother calmecac canoes captives child Chimalman Chiquatli Cihuacoatl Coatleztli Cocatli courtyard crowd Cuauhcoatl Cuetzpaltzin Cuitlahuac darkness daughter dream Eagle eyes face fate father feel felt fighting flower foreigners glanced gods grandfather guards hand head heard heart honor Huemac Huemac thought Huitzilopochtli Icpitl Jaguar kill knew laughed looked Lord macana mantle Mexicans Michpilli Moquiuix Moteczuma mother nahualli Nahui Olin Nezahualcoyotl Nezahualpilli nodded Ome Xochitl Omeocelotl Opochtli palace Papalotl Patecatl Perhaps Pinotl pochteca priests Quetzalcoatl Quinatzin ruler seemed shoulders side silently smiled speak Speaker spoke stared stone stood suddenly Taypachtli tell telpochcalli temple Tenocha Tenochtitlan Tepanecs Tepeyollotl Teuxoch Texcocan Texcoco Tezcatl Tezcatlipoca things Tizoc Tlacaelel Tlacopan Tlatelulco Tlaxcalans told Totonac turned vision voice waiting warchief warriors wish woman Xiuhcozcatl Xolotl Xolotlpilli young