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Title: Montezuma
An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation
Author: Hiram Hoyt Richmond
Release Date: April 24, 2010 [EBook #32110]
Language: English
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MONTEZUMA.
AN EPIC
ON
THE ORIGIN AND FATE
OF THE
AZTEC NATION.
BY HIRAM HOYT RICHMOND.
SAN FRANCISCO:
GOLDEN ERA CO
1885.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1883,
by H. H. Richmond, at
the office of the Librarian of Congress.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
DEDICATED
TO
HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT,
The pains-taking historian and the one of all others who induced
to a final effort
THIS BOOK,
By his grateful friend and ardent partisan,
THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS.
EGYPT.
PAGE.
The Dispersal at Shinar 1
Sojourn in Egypt 4
Sun Worship 7
Expulsion from Egypt 36
Mizraim and Lud 37
The Mourning Shepherds 41
The Journey 43
AZTLAN.
The Valley of the Mississippi 53
The Morning Song of the Mound Builders 59
The Evening Thanksgiving and Prayer 61
The Prophet's Death 63
Departure of Wabun 72
Return and Strife 79
Prehistoric Rendezvous of the Aztecs 84
The Toltecs Journey South 88
The Aztecs--Aztlan 92
ANAHUAC.
The Aztec's Jour
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