South American Fights and Fighters, and Other Tales of Adventure. Cyrus Townsend Brady

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      Published by Good Press, 2019

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Table of Contents

       PART I SOUTH AMERICAN FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS

       PART II OTHER TALES OF ADVENTURE

       PART I SOUTH AMERICAN FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS

       I

       Panama and the Knights-Errant of Colonization

       I. The Spanish Main

       II. The Don Quixote of Discoveries and His Rival

       "Ojeda Galloped Off with His Astonished Captive"

       "The Indians Poured a Rain of Poisoned Arrows"

       III. The Adventures of Ojeda

       IV. Enter One Vasco Nuñez de Balboa

       V. The Desperate Straits of Nicuesa

       II

       Panama, Balboa and a Forgotten Romance

       I. The Coming of the Devastator

       "Balboa . . . Engaged in Superintending the Roofing of a House"

       II. The Greatest Exploit since Columbus's Voyage

       "The Expedition Had to Fight Its Way Through Tribes of Warlike and Ferocious Mountaineers"

       "He Took Possession of the Sea in the Name of Castile and Leon"

       "He Threw the Sacred Volume to the Ground in a Violent Rage"

       III. "Furor Domini"

       IV. The End of Balboa

       III

       Peru and the Pizarros

       A Study in Retribution "They that take the sword shall perish by the sword."

       I. The Chief Scion of a Famous Family

       II. The Terrible Persistence of Pizarro

       III. "A Communistic Despotism."

       IV. The Treacherous and Bloody Massacre of Caxamarca.

       V. The Ransom and Murder of the Inca

       "They Burst Upon the Ranks of the Unarmed Indians."

       "The Three Pizarros . . . Sallied Out to Meet Them"

       VI. The Inca and the Peruvians Strike Vainly for Freedom

       "He Threw His Sole Remaining Weapon in the Faces of the Escaladers"

       VII. "The Men of Chili" and the Civil Wars

       Fernando Cortes. From a Picture in the Florence Gallery

       VIII. The Mean End of the Great Conquistador

       IX. The Last of the Brethren

       IV

       The Greatest Adventure in History

       I. The Chief of all the Soldiers of Fortune

       II. The Expedition to Mexico.

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