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Title: Mexico, from Cortes to Carranza
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Zimm, Louise Hasbrouck, 1883-
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Publisher: New York, London, D. Appleton and Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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eful, were jealous, especially since theAztecs now refused to pay tribute, and demanded per-mission to build an aqueduct to the main land, osten-sibly to carry water, but really, the Tepanecs feared,for purposes of invasion. The Tepanecs refused thempermission to build it, and, moreover, stopped tradingwith them. This was a great blow to the CranePeople, who depended upon trading their fish and gamefor wood, stone and other necessities which the Tepanecscould furnish them. The Tepanecs, to punish stillfurther these rebellious slaves, caused the chief of oneof their villages to be assassinated, and the other chiefto be captured. The Crane People rose as one man. Another chief,Jzcohuatl, with thirteen captains, led his people toa great battle in which the Tepanecs were utterly de-feated, with great slaughter. The Tepanec capitalpassed into the hands of the Aztecs. This was in orabout the year 1428. Izcohuatl and the thirteen cap-tains are still remembered as heroes in Mexican history. 8
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The House of the I^ui^s at Uxmal. MYTHS Ai^D mo:n^ume:n^ts Tlie sun had now fairly risen upon the Aztecs, andthe day of their power was to be dazzling to the lastdegree. Three kings followed, all brothers of eachother and of the first king. Each was more warlike,enterprising and cruel than the last. There is noespecial need for us nowadays to distinguish betweenthem, or even to remember their long names. It isenough to know that under their reign, Mexican mer-chants penetrated farther into the country and Mexi-can armies conquered ever more widely. Finally, witha few exceptions, all the country east to the Gulf andwest to Michoacan, south to Yucatan and north nearlyas far as what is now Texas came under the influenceof the former insect-eaters. The exceptions are worthnoticing. They were the districts of Cholula andTlascalla, between the coast and the capital. Uponthe people of these places the Mexicans were in thehabit of making bloody wars in order to obtain victimsto sacrifice to t

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