Chapter II: Part I: South American Fights and Fighters

PAGE

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

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
VI. CORTES'S DESCRIPTION OF MEXICO . . . . . . . . . . 147
VII. THE MEETING WITH MONTEZUMA . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
VIII. THE SEIZURE OF THE EMPEROR . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
IX. THE REVOLT OF THE CAPITAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
X. IN GOD'S WAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
XI. THE MELANCHOLY NIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
XII. THE SIEGE AND DESTRUCTION OF MEXICO . . . . . . . . 194
XIII. A DAY OF DESPERATE FIGHTING . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
XIV. THE LAST MEXICAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
XV. THE END OF CORTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218