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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