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South American Fights and Fighters

by Cyrus Townsend Brady

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  1. 1Dedication — Preface
  2. 2I — The Spanish Main
  3. 3II — The Don Quixote of Discoveries and His Rival
  4. 4III — The Adventures of Ojeda
  5. 5IV — Enter One Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
  6. 6V — The Desperate Straits of Nicuesa
  7. 7II — Panama, Balboa and a Forgotten Romance
  8. 8II — The Greatest Exploit Since Columbus’s Voyage
  9. 9III — “Furor Domini”
  10. 10IV — The End of Balboa
  11. 11III — Peru and the Pizarros — A Study in Retribution — “They That T…
  12. 12II — The Terrible Persistence of Pizarro
  13. 13III — “A Communistic Despotism”
  14. 14IV — The Treacherous and Bloody Massacre of Caxamarca
  15. 15V — The Ransom and Murder of the Inca
  16. 16VI — The Inca and the Peruvians Strike Vainly for Freedom
  17. 17VII — “The Men of Chili” and the Civil Wars
  18. 18VIII — The Mean End of the Great Conquistador
  19. 19IX — The Last of the Brethren
  20. 20IV — The Greatest Adventure in History
  21. 21II — The Expedition to Mexico
  22. 22III — The Religion of the Aztecs
  23. 23IV — The March to Tenochtitlan
  24. 24V — The Republic of Tlascala
  25. 25VI — Cortes’ Description of Mexico, Written by His Own Hand to Char…
  26. 26VII — The Meeting With Montezuma
  27. 27VIII — The Seizure of the Emperor
  28. 28IX — The Revolt of the Capital
  29. 29X — In God’s Way
  30. 30XI — The Melancholy Night
  31. 31XII — The Siege and Destruction of Mexico
  32. 32XIII — A Day of Desperate Fighting
  33. 33XIV — The Last Mexican
  34. 34XV — The End of Cortes
  35. 35Part II — Other Tales of Adventure
  36. 36II — Some Famous American Duels
  37. 37I — A Tragedy of Old New York
  38. 38II — Andrew Jackson as a Duellist
  39. 39III — The Killing of Stephen Decatur
  40. 40IV — An Episode in the Life of James Bowie
  41. 41V — A Famous Congressional Duel
  42. 42VI — The Last Notable Duel in America
  43. 43III — The Cruise of the Tonquin
  44. 44IV — John Paul Jones
  45. 45I — The Birth of the American Navy
  46. 46II — Jones First Hoists the Stars and Stripes
  47. 47III — The Battle With the Serapis
  48. 48IV — A Hero’s Famous Sayings
  49. 49V — What Jones Did for His Country
  50. 50VI — Why Did He Take the Name of Jones?
  51. 51VII — Search for Historical Evidence
  52. 52VIII — The Joneses of North Carolina
  53. 53IX — Paul Jones Never a Man of Wealth
  54. 54V — In the Caverns of the Pitt
  55. 55VI — Being a Boy Out West

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