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

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PART I

       SOUTH AMERICAN FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS

       Table of Contents

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PANAMA AND THE KNIGHTS-ERRANT OF COLONIZATION
I. THE SPANISH MAIN	3
II. THE DON QUIXOTE OF DISCOVERERS AND HIS RIVAL	5
III. THE ADVENTURES OF OJEDA	10
IV. ENTER ONE VASCO NUÑEZ DE BALBOA	17
V. THE DESPERATE STRAITS OF NICUESA	20

PANAMA, BALBOA AND A FORGOTTEN ROMANCE
I. THE COMING OF THE DEVASTATOR	31
II. THE GREATEST EXPLOIT SINCE COLUMBUS'S VOYAGE	34
III. "FUROR DOMINI"	42
IV. THE END OF BALBOA	44

PERU AND THE PIZARROS
I. THE CHIEF SCION OF A FAMOUS FAMILY	53
II. THE TERRIBLE PERSISTENCE OF PIZARRO	57
III. "A COMMUNISTIC DESPOTISM"	68
IV. THE TREACHEROUS AND BLOODY MASSACRE OF CAXAMARCA	73
V. THE RANSOM AND MURDER OF THE INCA	85
VI. THE INCA AND THE PERUVIANS STRIKE VAINLY FOR FREEDOM	93
VII. "THE MEN OF CHILI" AND THE CIVIL WARS	102
VIII. THE MEAN END OF THE GREAT CONQUISTADOR	105
IX. THE LAST OF THE BRETHREN	108

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THE GREATEST ADVENTURE IN HISTORY
I. THE CHIEF OF ALL THE SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE	115
II. THE EXPEDITION TO MEXICO	120
III. THE RELIGION OF THE AZTECS	125
IV. THE MARCH TO TENOCHTITLAN	130
V. THE REPUBLIC OF TLASCALA	138